Sassen–Bünsow Land National Park
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Sassen–Bünsow Land National Park ( no, Sassen–Bünsow Land nasjonalpark) lies on Spitsbergen island in the Svalbard archipelago,
Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
. The park was opened in 2003 and includes both glaciers and several glacially carved valleys. The sealer/whaler Hilmar Nøis built the hunting station Fredheim on the north side of the Sassen river outlet in this area. One of Spitsbergen's highest waterfalls lies in Eskerdalen (Esker Valley) inside the park.


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Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management on Sassen-Bünsow Land National Park
National parks of Svalbard Protected areas established in 2003 2003 establishments in Norway Spitsbergen {{Norway-protected-area-stub