Tyresta National Park

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Tyresta National Park
IUCN category II (national park)

Lake Stensjön
Location Stockholm County, Sweden
Coordinates 59°11′N 18°18′E / 59.183°N 18.300°E / 59.183; 18.300Coordinates: 59°11′N 18°18′E / 59.183°N 18.300°E / 59.183; 18.300
Area 20 km2 (7.7 sq mi)[1]
Established 1993[1]
Governing body Naturvårdsverket

Tyresta National Park (Swedish: Tyresta nationalpark) is a national park with a surrounding nature reserve in Sweden, located in Haninge and Tyresö municipalities in Stockholm County.

The national park has an area of 19.7 km² (7.61 mi²), and the surrounding nature reserve 27 km² (10 mi²), so the total protected area is about 47 km² (18 mi²).

In August 1999, about 10% of the national park area was consumed in a large fire. The cause of the fire remains unknown; conditions in the area were at the time quite optimal for a forest fire to start.[2]

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  • Six years after the fire

  • Lake Årsjön

  • Lake Årsjön

Lakes and dams

The following lakes and dams are located within Tyresta National Park:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Tyresta National Park". Naturvårdsverket. Retrieved 2009-02-26. 
  2. ↑ http://www.tyresta.se/?page_id=9

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