Narachanski National Park

Narаchanski (Narochansky) National Park (Belarusian: Нарачанскі, Naračanski; Russian: Нарочанский, Naročanskij) is a national park in Belarus that is named after Lake Narach.

Narachanski National Park
Нарачанскі нацыянальны парк (Belarusian)
IUCN category II (national park)
Lake Narach
Narachanski National Park
Location	Minsk Region in Belarus
Coordinates	54.85°N 26.7333°E / 54.85; 26.7333
Area	933 km2 (360 sq mi) (2015)
Established	1999

History

Park was created on July 28, 1999, and covers an area of more than 87,000 hectares.^[1]

Park fauna

Mammal species inhabiting in the park include the red deer, raccoon dog, European badger, marten, and otter; existing fish species include common bream, silver bream, and crucian carp. The national park also includes 218 other species of birds, such as the bittern, osprey and the common crane^[2]

See also

• List of national parks in the Baltics

References

1. "Description on the park's official website (in Russian)". Archived from the original on 2014-08-07. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
2. National Park Narochansky on belarus.by