National Park
Jostedalsbreen
Norway
NorwayWild Reindeer · Arctic Fox
June to August
See parkThe only place in mainland Europe where wild musk ox survives, reintroduced in the 1930s after its post-glacial extinction
Area
1,693 km²
Protection category
IUCN II
Parque nacional —
Designated in
2002
Declared in 2002 by merging earlier parks, Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella is the only place in mainland Europe where musk ox survives in the wild, a species that had died out on the continent after the last ice age and was reintroduced here in the 1930s with animals brought from Greenland, in one of the first large wildlife reintroduction projects in modern European history.
1 dive site within 300 km is also shown.
Ecosystems found in Norway, where Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella lies.
Where can I dive near here?
162 km away
Which other parks are like this one?
Same country: Norway
Same country: Norway
Same country: Norway
Same country: Norway
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Region
Central Norwegian mountains
Climate
Temperate, Polar / cold, Mountain
Best season
June to August
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