Sørkapp 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 ...

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

Sørkappøya Sørkappøya (English: South Cape Island) is an uninhabited 7 km long island of Greenland Sea at the southern tip of Spitsbergen, the largest island of the Svalbard Svalbard ( , ), previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a N ...

and other islands off

Sørkapp Land Sørkapp Land is the land area south of Hornsund, at the southern part of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Two glaciers, Hornbreen and Hambergbreen, divide Sørkapp Land from Torell Land. Sørkapp Land is included in the Sør-Spitsbergen National Par ...

Spitsbergen Spitsbergen (; formerly known as West Spitsbergen; Norwegian language, Norwegian: ''Vest Spitsbergen'' or ''Vestspitsbergen'' , also sometimes spelled Spitzbergen) is the largest and the only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipel ...

. The protected area covers a total area of 3,599ha

References

Bird sanctuaries in Svalbard Protected areas established in 1973 1973 establishments in Norway Sørkappøya {{svalbard-geo-stub