Sassen–Bünsow Land National Park

(Redirected from Sassen-Bünsow Land National Park) National park in Norway

Sassen – Bünsow Land National Park
IUCN category II (national park)


Location	Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Nearest city	Longyearbyen
Coordinates	78°23′N 17°15′E / 78.383°N 17.250°E / 78.383; 17.250
Area	1,230 km (1,157 km land, 73 km sea)
Established	2003
Governing body	Directorate for Nature Management

Sassen–Bünsow Land National Park (Norwegian: Sassen–Bünsow Land nasjonalpark) lies on Spitsbergen island in the Svalbard archipelago, Norway. The park was opened in 2003 and includes both glaciers and several glacially carved valleys. The sealer/whaler Hilmar Nøis built the hunting station Fredheim on the north side of the Sassen river outlet in this area. One of Spitsbergen's highest waterfalls lies in Eskerdalen (Esker Valley) inside the park.

External links

(in Norwegian) Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management on Sassen-Bünsow Land National Park

v t e Svalbard
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Land areas	Spitsbergen Albert I Land Andrée Land Bünsow Land Dickson Land Haakon VII Land Heer Land James I Land Nathorst Land Nordenskiöld Land Ny-Friesland Olav V Land Oscar II Land Sabine Land Sørkapp Land Torell Land Wedel Jarlsberg Land Nordaustlandet Gustav Adolf Land Gustav V Land Orvin Land
National parks	Forlandet National Park Indre Wijdefjorden Nordenskiöld Land Nordre Isfjorden Land Northwest Spitsbergen Sassen–Bünsow Land Sør-Spitsbergen
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History	2011 Svalbard polar bear attack

v t e National parks of Norway
Mainland	Anárjohka Blåfjella–Skjækerfjella Breheimen Børgefjell Dovre Dovrefjell–Sunndalsfjella Femundsmarka Folgefonna Forollhogna Fulufjellet Færder Gutulia Hallingskarvet Hardangervidda Jomfruland Jostedalsbreen Jotunheimen Junkerdal Láhko Langsua Lierne Lofotodden Lomsdal–Visten Møysalen Raet Rago Reinheimen Reisa Rohkunborri Rondane Saltfjellet–Svartisen Seiland Sjunkhatten Skarvan and Roltdalen Stabbursdalen Varangerhalvøya Ytre Hvaler Øvre Dividal Øvre Pasvik Ånderdalen
Svalbard	Forlandet Indre Wijdefjorden Nordenskiöld Land Nordre Isfjorden Nordvest-Spitsbergen Sassen–Bünsow Land Sør-Spitsbergen
Former	Gressåmoen Ormtjernkampen

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