Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park

Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park
Nationalpark Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer
The Pilsumer Watt from the Leyhörn peninsula, East Frisia
Germany
LocationLower Saxony,  Germany
Coordinates53°42′N 7°20′E / 53.700°N 7.333°E / 53.700; 7.333
Area345.8 km2 (133.5 sq mi)
EstablishedJanuary 1, 1986 (1986-01-01)
World Heritage site2009
Official nameWattenmeer, Ostfriesisches Wattenmeer & Dollart
Designated26 February 1976
Reference no.82[1]

The Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park (German: Nationalpark Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer) was established in 1986 and embraces the East Frisian Islands, mudflats and salt marshes between the Bay of Dollart on the border with the Netherlands in the west and Cuxhaven as far as the Outer Elbe shipping channel in the east. The national park has an area of about 345,800 hectares (1,335 sq mi).[2] The National Park organisation is located in Wilhelmshaven. In June 2009, the National Park became a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea and the Dutch Wadden Sea, highlighting its unique intertidal ecosystem and high biodiversity.[3]

  1. ^ "Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea and adjacent areas". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Nationalpark Wattenmeer". Zahlen & Daten. Archived from the original on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Wadden Sea". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 20 Jun 2021.