Monday, December 1, 2014

The largest national park in the world

The National Park Northeast Greenland or Greenland National Park is the largest national park in the world, with an area of 972,000 square kilometers (375,000 square miles)

It is also the only national park in Greenland. The park encompasses the entire northeastern coastline and interior sections of Greenland, which is the world's second largest island. Originally created on May 22, 1974, the park was enlarged to its present size in 1988. In January 1977 he was appointed international biosphere reserve. It is supervised by the Department of Environment and Nature Greenland.