Sør Spitsbergen National Park

Sør Spitsbergen National Park
Coordinates: 77 ° 19 ′ 15 ″  N , 15 ° 45 ′ 25 ″  E
Location:	Svalbard , Norway
Next city:	Longyearbyen
Surface:	13,286 km²
Founding:	June 1, 1973
The Hornsundtind on Hornsund

The Sør-Spitsbergen National Park ( Norwegian Sør-Spitsbergen nasjonalpark ) is a 13,286 km² national park on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen . The national park covers 5,029 km² mainland and 8,257 km² sea area. The park is one of seven national parks on Svalbard.

It was founded in 1973. The landscape is characterized by striking, pointed rock formations. The Hornsund - Fjord is an important habitat for polar bears .

The southern third of the national park is taken by Sørkapp Land .

Picture gallery

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  Polar bear on Hornsund

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  Polish research station on Hornsund

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  Horyzont II at Isbjørnhamna

See also

• National parks in Norway

Web links

• Miljødirektoratet: Official website of the national park
• Sør-Spitsbergen nasjonalpark . In: The Place Names of Svalbard (first edition 1942). Norsk Polarinstitutt , Oslo 2001, ISBN 82-90307-82-9 (English, Norwegian).