Northeast Greenland National Park

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national park protected area

Northeast Greenland National Park is the world’s largest national park, encompassing vast Arctic wilderness, glaciers, and wildlife in northeastern Greenland.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Northeast Greenland	1

Statements (90)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national park ⓘ protected area ⓘ
access	limited ⓘ
area	972000 square kilometers ⓘ approximately 375000 square miles ⓘ
climate	Arctic climate ⓘ polar climate ⓘ
contains	Daneborg station vicinity ⓘ Dove Bay region ⓘ Greenland ice sheet margins ⓘ Independence Fjord region ⓘ Mestersvig area ⓘ National Park Sea (offshore waters) ⓘ Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector) ⓘ surface form: Northeast Greenland ice streams Ellesmere Island ⓘ surface form: Peary Land (partly) Scoresby Sund region (partly) ⓘ Sirius Dog Sled Patrol stations ⓘ Wandel Sea coast ⓘ Zackenberg Research Station vicinity ⓘ coastal plains ⓘ fjords ⓘ glaciers ⓘ ice caps ⓘ mountain ranges ⓘ polar desert ⓘ research stations ⓘ sea ice ⓘ tundra ⓘ vast Arctic wilderness ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Greenland ⓘ
designation	Northeast Greenland National Park self-link ⓘ
ecosystemType	Arctic tundra ⓘ marine Arctic ecosystem ⓘ polar desert ⓘ
establishedAsNationalPark	1974 ⓘ
governingBody	Government of Greenland ⓘ Ministry of Environment and Nature (Greenland) ⓘ
hasBorderWith	Arctic Ocean ⓘ Denmark Strait ⓘ Greenland Sea ⓘ
hasFeature	glacial valleys ⓘ icebergs ⓘ nunataks ⓘ pack ice ⓘ permafrost ⓘ remote wilderness ⓘ
hasHumanPresence	Sirius Dog Sled Patrol ⓘ military personnel ⓘ scientific researchers ⓘ
hasLegalStatus	strictly protected area ⓘ
hasWildlife	Salmon ⓘ surface form: Arctic char Arctic fox ⓘ Lepus ⓘ surface form: Arctic hare Arctic tern ⓘ Barnacle goose ⓘ Brent goose ⓘ Ivory gull ⓘ bearded seal ⓘ beluga whale ⓘ gyrfalcon ⓘ kittiwake ⓘ little auk ⓘ muskox ⓘ narwhal ⓘ polar bear ⓘ ringed seal ⓘ snowy owl ⓘ walrus ⓘ
inception	1974 ⓘ
isLargest	national park in the world ⓘ
IUCNCategory	II ⓘ
locatedIn	Arctic region ⓘ surface form: Arctic The Coast of Northeast Greenland ⓘ surface form: Northeast Greenland
nearestSettlement	Ittoqqortoormiit (outside park) ⓘ
partOf	Kingdom of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
population	no permanent civilian population ⓘ
primaryLanguage	Danish ⓘ Greenlandic ⓘ
purpose	nature conservation ⓘ scientific research ⓘ wildlife protection ⓘ
region	Avannaata (partly) ⓘ Sermersooq (partly) ⓘ
sovereignState	Denmark ⓘ
timeZone	UTC+00:00 (parts) ⓘ UTC−01:00 (parts) ⓘ
typicalTransport	aircraft ⓘ dog sled ⓘ ship ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fram Strait → borders → Northeast Greenland National Park ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northeast Greenland

Northeast Greenland National Park → designation → Northeast Greenland National Park self-link ⓘ

Greenland → hasNationalPark → Northeast Greenland National Park ⓘ

Greenland → largestNationalPark → Northeast Greenland National Park ⓘ