Rondane
Norway's first national park, declared in 1962; its rounded mountains gave rise to the word rondane in old Norse mythology
Area
963 km²
Declared in
1962
Region
Central Norwegian mountains
Climate
Templado, Polar / frío, Montañoso
Best time
June to August
Highlight
Norway's first national park, declared in 1962; its rounded mountains gave rise to the word rondane in old Norse mythology
Declared in 1962, it was the first national park in Norway, protecting a landscape of mountains rounded by successive glaciations that supports one of the last significant populations of wild mountain reindeer in Europe, a species genetically distinct from the semi-domesticated reindeer herded by the Sami in the north of the country, and whose unbroken presence in Rondane goes back tens of thousands of years, documented in prehistoric hunting traps still visible in the landscape.
Location
See on the interactive map1 dive site within 300 km is also shown.
139 species documented in Rondane
At conservation risk:Reno,Coregono (lavareto),Náyade perlífera,Rata de agua,Zampullín cuellirrojo
VulnerableReno
Rangifer tarandus
Least ConcernÁguila real
Aquila chrysaetos
Least ConcernAlce
Alces alces
Not EvaluatedArmiño
Mustela erminea
Least ConcernGlotón
Gulo gulo
Least ConcernLagópodo alpino (perdiz nival)
Lagopus muta
Least ConcernLemming noruego
Lemmus lemmus
Least ConcernLince euroasiático
Lynx lynx
Least ConcernZorro ártico
Vulpes lagopus
Chorlito carambolo
Charadrius morinellus
Abeja minera fulva
Andrena fulva
Abejorro común
Melolontha melolontha
Flora and ecosystems
Ecosystems found in Norway, where Rondane lies.
Experiences in this park
Nearby dive sites
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Trondheimsfjord (corales de agua fría)
193 km away
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