All of the islands in the Haparanda archipelago have emerged in the last 1,500 years or so, as the bed of the bay has risen due to post-glacial rebound following the last ice age. The land continues to rise at about 8.5 millimetres (0.33 in) per year, so the islands are steadily expanding. The water surrounding the islands is shallow, making it difficult to land. The islands are typified by large dunes.[1]
haparanda, archipelago, national, park, swedish, haparanda, skärgårds, nationalpark, national, park, haparanda, municipality, norrbotten, county, sweden, haparanda, skärgårds, nationalparkiucn, category, national, park, landscape, sandskär, islandlocationnorrb. Haparanda Archipelago National Park Swedish Haparanda skargards nationalpark is a national park in Haparanda Municipality Norrbotten County Sweden Haparanda Archipelago National ParkHaparanda skargards nationalparkIUCN category II national park Landscape of Sandskar islandLocationNorrbotten County SwedenNearest cityHaparanda Haparanda MunicipalityCoordinates65 34 N 23 44 E 65 567 N 23 733 E 65 567 23 733 Coordinates 65 34 N 23 44 E 65 567 N 23 733 E 65 567 23 733Area60 km2 23 sq mi 1 Established1995 1 Governing bodyNaturvardsverketThe park covers part of the Haparanda archipelago in the northeast of the Bothnian Bay near the border with Finland There are two relatively large islands Sandskar and Seskar Furo and several smaller islands and reefs The park is to the west of the Finnish Perameri National Park 1 All of the islands in the Haparanda archipelago have emerged in the last 1 500 years or so as the bed of the bay has risen due to post glacial rebound following the last ice age The land continues to rise at about 8 5 millimetres 0 33 in per year so the islands are steadily expanding The water surrounding the islands is shallow making it difficult to land The islands are typified by large dunes 1 AbiskoBjornlandetBla JungfrunDalby SoderskogDjuroFulufjalletFarnebofjardenGarphyttanGotska SandonHamraHaparanda ArchipelagoKoster havetMuddusNorra KvillPadjelantaPieljekaiseSarekSkuleskogenStenshuvudStora SjofalletStore MosseSanfjalletSoderasenTivedenTresticklanTyrestaTofsingdalenVadvetjakkaAngsoclass notpageimage National parks of Sweden clickable map References Edit a b c d Haparanda Skargard National Park Swedish Environmental Protection Agency Retrieved 2013 10 02 External links EditSweden s National Parks Haparanda Skargard National Park from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency This article about a location in Norrbotten County Sweden is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Haparanda Archipelago National Park amp oldid 953169355, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
