Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve | |
Alt Name: | Russian: Сихотэ-Алинский заповедник, Sikhote-Alinsky Zapovednik |
Iucn Category: | Ia |
Photo Alt: | Gluhomanka Mountain, in Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve |
Map: | Russia |
Location: | Primorsky Krai, Russia |
Nearest City: | Dalnegorsk |
Coordinates: | 45.0333°N 156°W |
Area Km2: | 4016 |
Url: | http://сиалинь.рф/ |
Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve (pronounced as /ru/,,) is a Russian 'zapovednik' (strict nature reserve) in Primorsky Krai. It is a reserve for the endangered Siberian tiger.
It was founded on February 10, 1935, to protect a population of the sable. The Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve is located in a watershed on the eastern slopes of Central Sikhote-Alin in the Terneysky and Krasnoarmeysky Districts and the area of Dalnegorsk City Council.
The area of the zapovednik is 401,428 ha (2,900 ha - aquatic).[1]
Hunting and fishing in Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve are forbidden.
The reserve, along with Ussurisky Nature Reserve, is featured in the natural film Operation Snow Tiger by the BBC, first aired in 2013.[2]