Indre Wijdefjorden National Park

Indre Wijdefjorden National Park
Coordinates: 79 ° 5 ′ 0 ″  N , 16 ° 6 ′ 0 ″  E
Location:	Svalbard , Norway
Next city:	Longyearbyen
Surface:	1,127 km²
Founding:	09/09/2005

The Indre Wijdefjorden National Park ( Norwegian Indre Wijdefjorden nasjonalpark ) is a 1,127 km² national park on the Norwegian island of Svalbard . The national park covers 745 km² mainland and 382 km² sea area. The park is one of seven national parks on Svalbard.

It was founded in 2005. The Wijdefjord is the longest fjord in Svalbard. It extends from a cold water basin into which a glacier flows to a marine biotope in the wide mouth of the fjord.

See also

• National parks in Norway

Web links

• Miljødirektoratet: Official website of the national park