List of national parks in the Alps explained

This is a list of national parks in the Alps.

• Swiss National Park (1914)

• Gran Paradiso National Park (1922, coupled with the Vanoise)
• Stelvio National Park (1935)
• Val Grande National Park (1992)
• Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park (1990)

• Berchtesgaden National Park (1978)

• Hohe Tauern National Park (Nationalpark Hohe Tauern) (1981)
• Limestone Alps National Park (Nationalpark Kalkalpen) (1997)
• Gesäuse National Park (2002)
• Nock Mountain National Park (Nationalpark Nockberge) (1987, only IUCN category V)

• Triglav National Park (1924, in 1961 that zone became a national park)

• Écrins National Park (1973)
• Vanoise National Park (1963)
• Mercantour National Park (1979)