🌲 Jostedalsbreen National Park

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Jostedalsbreen National Park is a national park in Norway that encompasses the largest glacier on the European mainland, Jostedalsbreen. The park was established by royal decree on 25 October 1991, and then in 1998, it was enlarged to the northwest. The park now covers 1,310 square kilometres (510 sq mi), with the glaciers covering about 800 square kilometres (310 sq mi) of the park.

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Jostedalsbreen National Park is a national park in Norway, in Europe. The details of why Jostedalsbreen National Park is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More protected areas in Norway

Lomsdal–Visten National Park · Folgefonna National Park · Junkerdal National Park · Skarvan and Roltdalen National Park · Sjunkhatten National Park · Ånderdalen National Park · Øvre Dividal National Park · Anárjohka National Park · Øvre Pasvik National Park · Blåfjella–Skjækerfjella National Park.

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