Tuchola Forest National Park | |
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Park Narodowy Bory Tucholskie | |
Location | Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland |
Coordinates | 53°26′09″N 17°18′11″E / 53.4358°N 17.303°E |
Area | 46.13 km2 (17.81 sq mi) |
Established | 1996 |
Governing body | Polish Ministry of the Environment |
Tuchola Forest National Park (Polish: Park Narodowy Bory Tucholskie) is a national park in Poland, created on 1 July 1996. It covers an area of 46.13 square kilometres (17.81 sq mi) of forests, lakes, meadows and peatlands. The park is in the northern part of Poland, in Chojnice County in Pomeranian Voivodeship, in the heart of the Tuchola Forest, the largest woodland in Poland. It is surrounded by a larger protected area called Zaborski Landscape Park. The park forms the core of the Tuchola Forest Biosphere Reserve, designated by UNESCO in 2010.