Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park

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Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park
Nationalpark Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer
IUCN category II (national park)
The Pilsumer Watt from the Leyhörn peninsula, East Frisia
Germany
Location	Lower Saxony,  Germany
Coordinates	53°42′N 7°20′E / 53.700°N 7.333°E / 53.700; 7.333
Area	345.8 km2 (133.5 sq mi)
Established	January 1, 1986 (1986-01-01)
World Heritage site	2009
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Wattenmeer, Ostfriesisches Wattenmeer & Dollart
Designated	26 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]