Saltfjellet Svartisen National Park

Saltfjellet Svartisen National Park
Coordinates: 66 ° 39 '22.5 "  N , 14 ° 38' 16.8"  E
Location:	Nordland , Norway
Next city:	Bodø
Surface:	2,102 km²
Founding:	09/08/1989
The national parks in Northern Norway (Saltfjellet-Svartisen is number 18)
Svartisen glacier near Engabreen

The Saltfjellet-Svartisen National Park ( Norwegian Saltfjellet-Svartisen nasjonalpark , German Salt Mountain Black Ice National Park ) is the fourth largest national park in Norway . It belongs to the municipalities of Beiarn , Meløy , Rana , Rødøy , Saltdal and Bodø in the province of Nordland .

The park was founded in 1989 to preserve and protect the beautiful and almost untouched mountain world with its plants and animals and geological conditions. Together with the nature reserves Gåsvatnan and Saltfjellet and the nature reserves Storolia and Blakkådalen , the park forms a large protection zone.

Geography landscape and geology

Bjellåvasstua cabin in Saltfjellet

The Saltfjellet-Svartisen has a very varied landscape. From the Nordfjord in the west, the park stretches over more than 1,500 m high mountains and glaciers to fertile valleys with rivers and open plateaus in the east. In the western part of the park is the 370 km² Svartisen Glacier, which actually became two separate glaciers due to the melting of the glaciers in the last few decades. Sometimes the glacier tongues reach as far as the European Arctic Ocean . To the east, the park includes the Saltfjellet mountain range . There is also the highest mountain in the national park, the 1751 m high Ørfjellet . The Arctic Circle runs to the south of the park .

The prevailing rock material, especially in the middle of the park is limestone, which is why it there also numerous Karst - caves are.

Flora and fauna

Along the Arctic Circle and thus also in the park there is a natural north and south border for many plant species. Together with the calcareous soils, this ensures a lush flora. Probably the rarest plants in the park are Alaska rhododendron and white silver arum .

Lynx and wolverines can be found everywhere in the park, whereas moose live mainly in the valleys of the park.

heritage Site

The oldest finds of Sami settlement go back to the 9th century. The remains of sacrificial sites, pitfalls and fences were found. Reindeer herding has been practiced in the park since the 16th century, but mainly in Lønsdalen .

In some mountain valleys, the remains of small farming settlements from the 19th century were found. In 1867 the Televerket installed a telephone line along the old road between Rana and Salten.

Tourism and administration

There are numerous designated hiking trails and a total of 15 mountain huts with overnight accommodation in the park. The Nordland nasjonalparksenter is located in Storjord between the Saltfjellet-Svartisen and Junkerdal national parks and serves as an information center for all national parks in the Nordland province.

An extension of the national park has been considered since 2007.

Web links

Commons : Saltfjellet-Svartisen nasjonalpark  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Directorate for Natural Forestry
• National Park Center (Norwegian / English)

literature

• Saltfjellet. Svartisen . Utgitt av Rana Turistforening, Bodø and Omegns Turistforening og Bodø and Omegns Bre-, Tinde- and Grottegruppe, 1982 . ISBN 82-991189-0-5 .
• Loyd Villmo. «Saltfjellet» I: Den norske turistforenings årbok 1969 .
• Leif Ryvarden . Saltfjellet-Svartisen and Junkerdal . Gyldendal, 2008. (Norges nasjonalparker). ISBN 978-82-05-37901-5 .

Individual evidence

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