Wolin National Park ( pl, Woliński Park Narodowy) is one of 23

national parks A national park is a natural park in use for conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

, situated on the island of

Wolin Wolin (; formerly german: Wollin ) is the name both of a Polish island in the Baltic Sea, just off the Polish coast, and a town on that island. Administratively, the island belongs to the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. Wolin is separated from the ...

in the far north-west of the country, in

West Pomeranian Voivodeship The West Pomeranian Voivodeship, also known as the West Pomerania Province, is a voivodeship (province) in northwestern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Szczecin. Its area equals 22 892.48 km² (8,838.84 sq mi), and in 2021, it was i ...

. It was established on 3 March 1960 and covers an area of . The park has its headquarters in the town of

Międzyzdroje Międzyzdroje (;), known as Misdroy in English, is a city and a seaside resort in northwestern Poland on the island of Wolin on the Baltic coast. The city is located in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, and is a seat of the Kamień County and the ...

. The park contains a varied flora and fauna. Its attractions include the sea cliffs of Gosań and Kawcza Góra, and a

wisent The European bison (''Bison bonasus'') or the European wood bison, also known as the wisent ( or ), the zubr (), or sometimes colloquially as the European buffalo, is a European species of bison. It is one of two extant species of bison, along ...

(European bison) sanctuary.

Gallery

File:Woliński Park narodowy - klif.jpg, Sea cliff File:Wolinski Park Narod Miedzyzdroje beax.jpg, Entrance to the park at

beach File:Pagorki Lubinsko-Wapnickie.jpg, Lubin-Wapnica hills

External links

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The Board of Polish National Parks
National parks of Poland Parks in West Pomeranian Voivodeship Protected areas established in 1960 1960 establishments in Poland Kamień County {{Poland-protected-area-stub