List of national parks in the Baltics explained

This is a list of the national parks in the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

Estonia

See also: List of protected areas of Estonia. There are 6 national parks in Estonia.[1] [2]

NameRegionMunicipalityEstablishedCoordinatesAreaIUCN category
Eastern EstoniaAlutaguse Parish2018 59.1°N 46°W443.31km2
Southern EstoniaVõru County199357.7144°N 26.4867°W123.64km2
Northern EstoniaLääne-Viru County197159.5711°N 25.8003°W747.84km2
Western EstoniaLääne County195758.76°N 23.5969°W488.6km2
South-western EstoniaViljandi County199358.4408°N 25.1056°W398.44km2
Western EstoniaSaare County199358.3786°N 21.8772°W238.82km2

Latvia

See also: List of protected areas of Latvia. There are 4 national parks in Latvia.[3]

NameRegionMunicipalityEstablishedCoordinatesAreaIUCN category
Cēsis, Saulkrasti, Sigulda and Valmiera Municipality197357.4167°N 25.4167°W917.86km2II
Courland
Semigallia
Vidzeme
Jūrmala City, Jelgava, Mārupe and Tukums Municipality199756.9517°N 23.5125°W361.86km2II
LatgaleKrāslava, Ludza and Rēzekne Municipality200756.2667°N 27.5°W596.14km2II
Talsi Municipality199957.6242°N 22.2944°W163.66km2II

Lithuania

See also: List of protected areas of Lithuania. There are 5 national parks in Lithuania.[4] They were established in 1991 after Lithuania declared independence from the Soviet Union in 1990. Lithuanian SSR National Park established in 1974 was reorganized and renamed Aukštaitija National Park. Now they cover about 2.3 percent of Lithuania's territory.

NameRegionMunicipalityEstablishedCoordinatesAreaIUCN category
AukštaitijaIgnalina, Utena, and Švenčionys district municipality197455.3439°N 26.0569°W410.56km2II
DzūkijaVarėna district municipality199154.0819°N 24.3767°W584.53km2II
Lithuania MinorNeringa municipality199155.481°N 21.097°W273.89km2II
DzūkijaTrakai district municipality199154.6389°N 24.4189°W81.49km2II
Samogitia (Žemaitija)Plungė district municipality199156.0439°N 21.8889°W217.54km2II

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://www.protectedplanet.net/country/EST Estonia, Europe
  2. Book: Estonian Nature Conservation in 2007 . 2008 . Estonian Environment Information Centre . Tallinn . 978-9985-881-56-9 . 29 . 2009-06-22 . 2011-07-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719200007/http://www.keskkonnainfo.ee/publications/327_PDF.pdf . dead .
  3. https://www.protectedplanet.net/country/LVA Latvia, Europe
  4. https://www.protectedplanet.net/country/LTU Lithuania, Europe