The Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park (Nationalpark Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft) is Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's largest national park situated at the coast of the Baltic Sea. It consists of several peninsulas and islands in the Baltic Sea, belonging to the district of Vorpommern-Rügen.
The national park includes:
- the Darß peninsula
- the western coast of the island of Rügen
- the island of Hiddensee
- the island of Ummanz
- several tiny islets between the above places
The national park is characterised by very shallow water housing a unique coastal fauna. All portions of the national park are famous for being a resting place for tens of thousands of cranes and geese.
Its area is 805 km².
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Coordinates: 54°28′00″N 12°54′00″E / 54.4667°N 12.9°E / 54.4667; 12.9
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
