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]}

Name	Region	Municipality	Established	Coordinates	Area	IUCN category
Alutaguse National Park	Eastern Estonia	Alutaguse Parish	2018	59.1°N 46°W	443.31km2
Karula National Park	Southern Estonia	Võru County	1993	57.7144°N 26.4867°W	123.64km2
Lahemaa National Park	Northern Estonia	Lääne-Viru County	1971	59.5711°N 25.8003°W	747.84km2
Matsalu National Park	Western Estonia	Lääne County	1957	58.76°N 23.5969°W	488.6km2
Soomaa National Park	South-western Estonia	Viljandi County	1993	58.4408°N 25.1056°W	398.44km2
Vilsandi National Park	Western Estonia	Saare County	1993	58.3786°N 21.8772°W	238.82km2

Latvia

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

Name	Region	Municipality	Established	Coordinates	Area	IUCN category
Gauja National Park		Cēsis, Saulkrasti, Sigulda and Valmiera Municipality	1973	57.4167°N 25.4167°W	917.86km2	II
Ķemeri National Park	Courland Semigallia Vidzeme	Jūrmala City, Jelgava, Mārupe and Tukums Municipality	1997	56.9517°N 23.5125°W	361.86km2	II
Rāzna National Park	Latgale	Krāslava, Ludza and Rēzekne Municipality	2007	56.2667°N 27.5°W	596.14km2	II
Slītere National Park		Talsi Municipality	1999	57.6242°N 22.2944°W	163.66km2	II

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.

Name	Region	Municipality	Established	Coordinates	Area	IUCN category
Aukštaitija National Park	Aukštaitija	Ignalina, Utena, and Švenčionys district municipality	1974	55.3439°N 26.0569°W	410.56km2	II
Dzūkija National Park	Dzūkija	Varėna district municipality	1991	54.0819°N 24.3767°W	584.53km2	II
Curonian Spit National Park	Lithuania Minor	Neringa municipality	1991	55.481°N 21.097°W	273.89km2	II
Trakai National Historic Park	Dzūkija	Trakai district municipality	1991	54.6389°N 24.4189°W	81.49km2	II
Žemaitija National Park	Samogitia (Žemaitija)	Plungė district municipality	1991	56.0439°N 21.8889°W	217.54km2	II

See also

• Geography of Estonia
• Geography of Latvia
• Geography of Lithuania
• Protected areas of Estonia
• List of protected areas of Latvia
• List of protected areas of Lithuania

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