Sila National Park (Italian: Parco nazionale della Sila) is an Italian national park located in Calabria on the Sila Plateau. It was established in 1997 and covers an area of about 74,000 hectares (180,000 acres). The park’s highest mountains are Mt.
Maiella National Park (Italian: Parco Nazionale della Maiella) is situated in the provinces of Chieti, Pescara, and L’Aquila in the region of Abruzzo, Italy. It is found in the area of the Maiella massif, with Monte Amaro being the highest point at 2,793 meters (9,163 feet) above sea level. It is one of Italy’s 24 national parks and one of three national parks in Abruzzo.
Arcipelago di La Maddalena National Park is a coastal and marine national park located on the coast of Sardinia, Italy. The park was created on April 1, 1994, and later updated by a law change on May 17, 1996. It covers more than 12,000 hectares of land and sea, including 180 kilometers of coastline.
The Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park is a natural park in central Italy. It was created in 1991 and covers an area of 2,014 square kilometres (778 mi²), mostly in the provinces of Teramo, L’Aquila, and Pescara in Abruzzo. Small parts of the park are also in the provinces of Rieti in Lazio and Ascoli Piceno in Marche.
Circeo National Park (Italian: Parco Nazionale del Circeo) is an Italian national park created in 1934. It covers a narrow coastal area from Anzio to Terracina, including part of the forest on the mainland near San Felice Circeo and the island of Zannone. The park was established by order of Benito Mussolini, with advice from Senator Raffaele Bastianelli, to protect the last remaining parts of the Pontine Marshes, which were being drained during that time.
Cinque Terre National Park (Italian: Parco Nazionale delle Cinque Terre) is a protected area established as an Italian national park in 1999. It is located in the province of La Spezia, Liguria, northern Italy. The park is the smallest in Italy, covering 4,300 acres, and has the most people of any Italian national park, with 5,000 permanent residents living in the five towns: Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza, and Monterosso al Mare.
Aspromonte National Park is located in the southern part of the Apennines, in Calabria, Italy. The park is near the sea and includes mountain peaks with heights near 2000 meters (Montalto is 1,955 meters). The park’s land, crossed by many rivers and streams, is home to important species such as the Italian wolf, peregrine falcon, Eurasian eagle-owl, and northern goshawk.
Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park (Italian: Parco Nazionale d’Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise) is an Italian national park created in 1923. Most of the park is in the Abruzzo region, with smaller areas in Lazio and Molise. It is sometimes called by its former name, Abruzzo National Park.
Varangerhalvøya National Park (Norwegian: Varangerhalvøya nasjonalpark) is located on the Varanger Peninsula in Finnmark county, Norway. It is found in the municipalities of Båtsfjord, Nesseby, Vadsø, and Vardø, which are in the northeasternmost part of Norway. The peninsula was once the largest area in Norway’s Arctic climate zone, but based on climate data from 1991 to 2020, much of the area is now classified as boreal climate instead of Arctic.
Sør-Spitsbergen National Park is located in the southern part of Spitsbergen Island, which is part of the Svalbard archipelago in Norway. The park was established in 1973 and includes Wedel Jarlsberg Land, Torell Land, and Sørkapp Land. More than 65% of the area is covered by ice, and much of the remaining land is tundra.