Babia Góra National Park

Babia Góra National Park
Babiogórski Park Narodowy
IUCN category II (national park)
Babia Góra Mountain Park logo with Apiaceae (Laserpitium archangelica)
Location	Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Area	33.92 km2 (13.10 sq mi)
Established	1954
Governing body	Ministry of the Environment

Babia Góra National Park (Polish: Babiogórski Park Narodowy) is one of the 23 national parks in Poland, located in the southern part of the country, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, on the border with Slovakia. The Park has its headquarters in the village of Zawoja.

The park covers an area of 33.92 square kilometres (13.10 sq mi), of which forests occupy 31.98 km² (12.35 sq mi). The park includes the northern and part of the southern side of the Babia Góra massif, of which the main peak (also known as Diablak) is the highest point of the Orava Beskids mountain range at 1,725 metres (5,659 ft). There is a protected area Horná Orava Protected Landscape Area on the Slovak side of the massif.

The area of Babia Góra was first brought under legal protection in 1933, when the Babia Góra Reserve was created. On October 30, 1954 it was designated a National Park. Since 1976 it has been listed by UNESCO as a biosphere reserve under the Man and the Biosphere (MaB) programme. The area of the biosphere reserve was extended in 2001.

Fauna

• 105 species of birds (including woodpeckers and eagle owls)
• Animals such as deer, lynx, wolves and bears
• Insects, especially beetles, including some that are unique to the area

Gallery

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  Babia Gora (1725 m), the highest peak of the national park
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  Summit of Babia Góra
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  Babia Góra seen from Mosorny Groń
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  A forest in the Babia Góra National Park
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  A mountain trail
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  Beskid Żywiecki landscape
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  Babia Góra and Pilsko seen from Rysianka
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  Campanula polymorpha
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  Ostoja Babiogórska Nature Reserve with Alpine flora
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  A forest trail
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  Sunset over Ostoja Babiogorska

External links

• "Official site" (in Polish). Retrieved 6 November 2011.
• "The Board of Polish National Parks" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2006-02-25. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
• "UNESCO biosphere reserve information". Retrieved 6 November 2011.