Nordre Isfjorden National Park

Nordre Isfjorden National Park
LocationSpitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Nearest cityLongyearbyen
Coordinates78°24′N 14°23′E / 78.400°N 14.383°E / 78.400; 14.383
Area2,954 km2 (2,050 km2 land, 904 km2 sea)
Established2003
Governing bodyDirectorate for Nature Management
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Nordre Isfjorden National Park (Norwegian: Nordre Isfjorden nasjonalpark) lies on Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard archipelago, Norway. It lies across the Isfjorden north of Barentsburg. The park was opened in 2003.

The park carries the name of the fjord Isfjorden, one of the largest fjords in Svalbard. On the northern section of this fjord lies a virgin coastal landscape that sustains considerable vegetation and wildlife.[1]

  1. ^ "Nordre Isfjorden national park". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 18 July 2013.