Pieljekaise National Park

Pieljekaise National Park
Pieljekaise National Park
	Pieljekaise nationalpark
	IUCN category II (national park)
	Above Jäckvik on Kungsleden trail
Location	Norrbotten County, Sweden
Coordinates	66°20′N 16°44′E
Area	153.4 km2 (59.2 sq mi)[1]
Established	1909[1]
Governing body	Naturvårdsverket

Pieljekaise is a Swedish national park. It lies about 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Jäkkvik in Arjeplog Municipality, Lappland. The park consists largely of birch woods.

The park is traversed by the Kungsleden hiking trail and the trail continues into the nearby the Vindelfjällens Nature Reserve, one of the largest protected areas in Europe.

Haparanda Archipelago

Sånfjället

Söderåsen

National parks of Sweden (clickable map)

References

"Pieljekaise National Park". Naturvårdsverket. Archived from the original on 2009-04-04. Retrieved 2009-02-26.

External links

Sweden's National Parks: Pieljekaise National Park from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[naturvårdsverket-1] "Pieljekaise National Park". Naturvårdsverket. Archived from the original on 2009-04-04. Retrieved 2009-02-26.