National parks in the Baltic States

Here is an alphabetical list of the national parks in the three Baltic states of Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania .

Estonia

Karula Lahemaa Matsalu Soomaa Vilsandi

There are five national parks in Estonia .

The Lahemaa National Park was founded in 1971 as the first national park in the Soviet Union , making it the oldest and largest national park in Estonia.

Estonia has had a nature conservation law since June 7, 1957. Based on this, the Estonian national parks were established.

Surname	Protected area since	national park foundation	Size [ha]	comment	map	view
Karula National Park, Karula Rahvuspark	1979	1993	11,043	Founded in 1979 as a landscape protection area
Lahemaa National Park Lahemaa Rahvuspark	1971	1971	72,500	first national park of the Soviet Union; 47,400 ha of land, 25,100 ha of sea
Matsalu National Park Matsalu Rahvuspark	1957	2004	48,610	Established in 1957 as the Matsalu nature reserve; since 1976 Ramsar area
Soomaa National Park Soomaa Rahvuspark	1993	1993	36,886	since 1997 Ramsar area
Vilsandi National Park Vilsandi rahvuspark	1910	1993	23,760	founded on August 14, 1910 as Vaika bird sanctuary; from 1957 to 1971 Vaika nature reserve; 1971 enlarged and renamed the Vilsandi nature reserve; since October 1993 Vilsandi National Park
Total:			192,799

Latvia

Gauja Ķemeri Rāzna Slītere

There are four national parks in Latvia .

Surname	Protected area since	national park foundation	Size [ha]	comment	map	view
Gauja National Park Gaujas nacionālais parks	1973	1973	91,745
Ķemeri National Park Ķemeru nacionālais parks	1997	1997	40.119	57% forest, 24% swamp and 10% open water
Rāzna National Park Rāznas nacionālais parks		2007	59,615
Slītere National Park Slīteres nacionālais parks	1921	2000	15,037	Founded in 1921 as the Slītere Nature Park, enlarged in 2000 and made a National Park
Total:			206,516

Lithuania

Aukštaitija Dzūkija Curonian Spit Trakai Žemaitija

There are five national parks in Lithuania.

Surname	founding	Size [ha]	comment	map	view
Aukštaitija National Park	1974	40,574
Dzūkija National Park	1991	58,519
Curonian Spit National Park	1991	26,474
Trakai National Park	1992	8,200
Žemaitija National Park	1991	21,720
Total:		155,487

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Lahemaa rahvuspark on estonica.org . Archived from the original on January 1st, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 26, 2008. 
2. ↑ The Vilsandi National Park on estlandia.de . Retrieved August 26, 2008.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Karula rahvuspark in the World Database on Protected Areas . Retrieved on August 26, 2008.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ ^{a b} Lahemaa rahvuspark in the World Database on Protected Areas . Retrieved on August 26, 2008.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ ^{a b} Official website of the Matsalu National Park . Retrieved August 26, 2008.
6. ↑ ^{a b} Soomaa rahvuspark in the World Database on Protected Areas . Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 26, 2008. 
7. ↑ ^{a b c} page of the Estonian Ministry of the Environment . Archived from the original on June 10, 2007. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 26, 2008. 
8. ^ Vilsandi rahvuspark in the World Database on Protected Areas . Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 26, 2008. 
9. ↑ ^{a b} Gaujas nacionālais parks in the World Database on Protected Areas . Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 27, 2008.  
10. ↑ ^{a b} Ķemeru nacionālais parks in the World Database on Protected Areas . Retrieved on August 27, 2008.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
11. ↑ Official website of the Ķemeri National Park . Archived from the original on September 9, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 27, 2008.  
12. ^ Official website of the Rāzna National Park . Archived from the original on May 12, 2008. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 27, 2008.  
13. ↑ Information about the park on the official website of the Rāzna National Park . Archived from the original on August 25, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 22, 2010. 
14. ↑ ^{a b} Sliteres Nacionalais Parks in the World Database on Protected Areas . Retrieved on August 27, 2008.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
15. ↑ ^{a b} Sliteres Nacionalais Parks on ziemelkurzeme.lv . Retrieved May 22, 2010.