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Dunes of Corrubedo Natural Park
Galician Dunas de Corrubedo e Lagoas de Carregal e Vixán
Coordinates	42°33′N 09°02′W / 42.550°N 9.033°W / 42.550; -9.033
Established	1992
Governing body	Xunta de Galicia
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Complejo de Corrubedo
Designated	26 March 1993
Reference no.	598

Dunes of Corrubedo Natural Park (Galician: Dunas de Corrubedo e Lagoas de Carregal e Vixán) is a 4 square miles (10 km) natural park on the Atlantic coast of Spain. It is one of six natural parks in the autonomous community of Galicia. It is situated at the very end of the A Barbanza Peninsula in the province of A Coruña.

Conservation

The natural park was designated in 1992. Its international importance as a wetland was recognised the following year, when it became a Ramsar site.

The natural park is an important site for bird-life and the European Union has included it within a Special Protection Area.

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See also

• Conservation movement
• United Nations Environment Programme

References

1. "Complejo de Corrubedo". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
2. Ramsar site number 598, The Ramsar Sites Database (ramsar.wetlands.org)
3. Complexo litoral de Corrubedo

• Province of A Coruña
• Natural parks of Spain
• Ramsar sites in Spain
• Special Protection Areas of Spain
• Protected areas established in 1992
• Protected areas of Galicia (Spain)
• Dunes of Spain