Ytre-Hvaler National Park

Ytre-Hvaler National Park
Tisler
Coordinates: 59 ° 1 ′ 0 ″  N , 10 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  E
Location:	Viken , Norway
Next city:	Fredrikstad
Surface:	354 km²
Founding:	06/26/2009
The national parks in southern Norway (The Ytre-Hvaler has number 31)

The Ytre Hvaler National Park ( Norwegian : Ytre Hvaler nasjonalpark ) is a marine national park off the south coast of Norway . The park was opened in 2009 in order to preserve and protect the large, relatively undisturbed coastal landscape with its different ecosystems, both on land and in the water, the various animals and plants and the coral reef off the coast. It replaces the four bird sanctuaries Akerøya , Heia , Møren and Søndre Søster and covers a protected area of ​​354 km², of which about 340 km² are in the sea.

Geography, geology and fauna

The national park is located in Fylke Viken in the area of ​​the communes Fredrikstad and Hvaler . The park extends west of the Hvaler Islands Kirkeøy to Vesterøy from the islands of Struten and Søster in the north to the Swedish border in the south. This is where the Swedish Kosterhavet National Park joins. About 14 km² of land on the islands is part of the national park.

The area has particular maritime characteristics, including the estuary of the Glomma River and various undersea bottom shapes. A 1.2 km long coral reef was discovered near the island of Tisler in 2002 . It is the largest known reef in the archipelago . There are more coral reefs throughout the national park.

Web links

• Park side of the directorate for naturforvaltning
• Park page on the Fylkesmannen i Østfold website ( Memento from April 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (Norwegian)
• Website of the national park

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Forskrift om vern av Ytre Hvaler nasjonalpark, Hvaler og Fredrikstad kommuner, Østfold from June 26th, 2009 ( weblink )