Djurö National Park
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| Djurö National Park | |
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| IUCN Category II (National Park) | |
| Location | Sweden |
| Area | 24 km² |
| Established | 1991 |
| Governing body | Swedish National Environmental Protection Agency |
Djurö National Park is a Swedish national park consisting of the Djurö Archipelago, a group of about 30 islands in Sweden's biggest lake, Lake Vänern. Established in 1991, it has an area of 24 square kilometres.
The islands are presently uninhabited, but there is a hunting lodge and an unmanned lighthouse. Wildlife includes fallow deer and a great variety of birds including ospreys, hobby, oyster catchers and greater black-backed gulls.
The horizon of Djurö consists only of water.
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