Nordenskiöld Land National Park

Nordenskiöld Land National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Location	Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Nearest city	Longyearbyen
Coordinates	77°52′N 15°19′E / 77.867°N 15.317°E / 77.867; 15.317
Area	1,362 km2 (1,207 km2 land, 155 km2 sea)
Established	2003
Governing body	Directorate for Nature Management
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Nordenskiöldkysten
Designated	11 December 2010
Reference no.	1968[1]

Nordenskiöld Land National Park (Norwegian: Nordenskiöld Land nasjonalpark) is a national park in Spitsbergen island in the Svalbard archipelago, Norway.

Opened in 2003, the park covers the southern part of Nordenskiöld Land, on the north shore of Van Mijenfjorden. The park includes Reindalen, which is Svalbard's largest ice-free valley and features moraines, rock glaciers, pingos and avalanche features. The valley has lush vegetation and the lower part is a wetland. The area is important for reindeer, Arctic fox, waders, geese and ducks.

References

• (in Norwegian) Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management on Nordenskiöld Land National Park

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