The Mljet National Park is a national park located on the western part of the Adriatic island of Mljet in southern Croatia. The park includes the western part of the island, Veliko jezero, Malo jezero, Soline Bay, and a coastal area 500 meters wide from the island’s most notable cape. This area covers nearly 5,300 hectares (53 square kilometers).
The Kornati archipelago (pronounced [kɔ̝rnǎːti]) of Croatia, also called the Stomorski islands, is located in the northern part of Dalmatia, south of Zadar and west of Šibenik, in the Šibenik-Knin County. The area covers about 320 square kilometers (124 square miles) and includes 89 islands, some large and some small, over a length of 35 kilometers (22 miles). The Kornati are the most densely packed group of islands in the Mediterranean Sea.
Krka National Park (Croatian: Nacionalni park Krka) is one of Croatia’s national parks, named after the Krka River (ancient Greek: Kyrikos), which flows through it. It is located along the middle and lower parts of the Krka River in central Dalmatia, within Šibenik-Knin county, near the Miljevci area downstream, and just a few kilometers northeast of the city of Šibenik. The park was created to protect the Krka River and is used mainly for scientific research, cultural preservation, education, recreation, and tourism.
Kopaonik (Serbian Cyrillic: Копаоник; Albanian: Kopaoniku) is a mountain range found in Kosovo and Serbia. The tallest point in this mountain range is Pančić’s Peak, which has a height of 2,017 meters (6,617 feet). In 1981, the central area of the Kopaonik plateau was named a national park.
Fruška Gora (Serbian Cyrillic: Фрушка гора; Hungarian: Tarcal-hegység) is a mountain located in Syrmia. Most of the mountain is in Serbia, and its western edge reaches into eastern Croatia. The part of the mountain in Serbia is the country’s oldest national park.
Đerdap National Park (Serbian: Национални парк Ђердап / Nacionalni park Đerdap) is located along the right side of the Danube River, starting at Golubac Fortress (Serbian: Голубачки град / Golubački grad) and ending near the dam at Novi Sip, Serbia. The park was created in 1974 and covers an area of 63,786.5 hectares (157,620 acres). The park’s management office is in the town of Donji Milanovac, which is on the Danube River.
The Valbona Valley (Albanian: Lugina e Valbonës) is located in the Albanian Alps in northern Albania. It is part of the Alps of Albania National Park, one of the most impressive natural features in Albania. The valley is the southernmost part of the Dinaric Alps, which is a section of a long mountain range called the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt.
Divjakë-Karavasta National Park (Albanian: Parku Kombëtar Divjakë-Karavasta) is a national park in western Albania, covering the Myzeqe Plain near the Adriatic Sea. The park covers an area of 222.3 square kilometers (22,230 hectares) and includes important features such as wetlands, salt marshes, coastal meadows, floodplains, woodlands, reed beds, forests, and estuaries. Because of its high number of bird and plant species, the park has been recognized as an important Bird and Plant Area of international significance.
Dajti Mountain National Park (Albanian: Parku Kombëtar “Mali i Dajtit”) is a national park created in 1966 in central Albania. It covers an area of 293.84 square kilometers (113.45 square miles) since 2006. The park is located 40 kilometers (25 miles) east of the Adriatic Sea and 26 kilometers (16 miles) east of Tirana.
Butrint National Park (Albanian: Parku Kombëtar i Butrintit) is a national park in Vlorë County, southern Albania. It is located 18 kilometers (11 miles) south of Sarandë. The park covers 9,424 hectares (94.24 square kilometers) of hilly land with freshwater lakes, wetlands, salt marshes, open plains, reed beds, and islands.