Djurö National Park

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Djurö National Park
IUCN Category II (National Park)
Location Sweden
Area 24 km²
Established 1991
Governing body Swedish National Environmental Protection Agency
Djurö National Park is number 20 on the map
Djurö National Park is number 20 on the map

Djurö National Park is a Swedish national park consisting of the Djurö Archipelago, a group of about 30 islands in Sweden's biggest lake, Lake Vänern. Established in 1991, it has an area of 24 square kilometres.

The islands are presently uninhabited, but there is a hunting lodge and an unmanned lighthouse. Wildlife includes fallow deer and a great variety of birds including ospreys, hobby, oyster catchers and greater black-backed gulls.

The horizon of Djurö consists only of water.

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Coordinates: 58°51′40″N 13°28′00″E / 58.86111, 13.466667

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