🌲 Khangchendzonga National Park

India · Asia · National Park · 27.66°N, 88.31°E

Khangchendzonga National Park is a national park and part of the Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve in Sikkim, India. It was inscribed to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list in July 2016, becoming the first "Mixed Heritage" site of India. It was included in the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme. The park is named after the mountain Kangchenjunga, which is the third-highest peak in the world at 8,586 m (28,169 ft) tall. The total area of the park is 1,784 km2 (689 sq mi).

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Quick facts

Country	India
Continent / region	Asia
Protection type	🌲 National Park
Coordinates (approx.)	27.66°N, 88.31°E · view on map

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

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