Isøyane Bird Sanctuary
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Isøyane Bird Sanctuary () is a
bird reserve A bird reserve (also called ornithological reserve) is a wildlife refuge designed to protect bird species. Like other wildlife refuges, the main goal of a reserve is to prevent species from becoming endangered or extinct. Typically, bird species in ...
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Svalbard Svalbard ( , ), previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norway, Norwegian archipelago that lies at the convergence of the Arctic Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean. North of continental Europe, mainland Europe, it lies about midway be ...
, Norway, established in 1973. It includes Nordre Isøya and Isøykalven in the Isøyane island group in Wedel Jarlsberg Land. The protected area covers a total area of around 2,300,000
square metre The square metre ( international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures) or square meter ( American spelling) is the unit of area in the International System of Units (SI) with symbol m2. It is the area of a square ...
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Bird sanctuaries in Svalbard Protected areas established in 1973 1973 establishments in Norway Ramsar sites in Norway {{Norway-protected-area-stub