Alonissos National Marine Park, Northern Sporades ( Greek Εθνικό Θαλάσσιο Πάρκο Αλοννήσου Βορείων Σποράδων, ΕΘΠΑΒΣ ) is a national park located along the eastern coast of Greece . It is the largest marine protected area in Europe , and covers an area of (2.260 km²) [1] .
| Alonissos National Marine Park | |
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| Greek Εθνικό Θαλάσσιο Πάρκο Αλοννήσου Βορείων Σποράδων, ΕΘΠΑΒΣ | |
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| IUCN Category II ( National Park ) | |
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| Square | 2.260 km² |
| Established | May 16, 1992 |
| Management organization | Greek National Parks |
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The territory of the national park includes the island of Alonissos (64 km²), as well as 6 small islands: Peristero (14 km²), Kira Panaya (25 km²), Jura (11 km²), Psatura (0.76 km²), Piperion (4 , 2 km²) and Scandzura (6.2 km²); also includes 22 uninhabited islets. The park is located in the Northern Sporades . It was formed by presidential decree of May 16, 1992 to protect the white-bellied seal ( Monachus monachus ).
Content
History
Thomas Schulze-Westrum, a German zoologist and creator of documentaries about animals, during his stay on the Greek islands and after a series of studies in 1976, noted the ecological and biological value of the territories by proposing a protected area.
Fauna
In 2003, according to various estimates, from 40 to 250 individuals of the white-bellied seal lived within the park [2] [3] . More than 300 species of fish inhabit the waters of the reserve, and whale dolphin ( Delphinus delphis ), striped dolphin ( Stenella coeruleoalba ), common grind ( Globicephala melas ), sperm whale ( Physeter macrocephalus ) and very rarely killer whale ( Orcinus orca ) are found in the waters of the reserve. [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Marine Parks and zoos . Date of treatment March 25, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Bob Gibbons. Greece . - Oxford University Press, 2003 .-- S. 191-194. - 316 p. - (Travelers' nature guides). - ISBN 0198504373 .
- ↑ Brian Garrod, Julie C. Wilson. Marine Ecotourism: Issues and Experiences . - Channel View Publications, 2003 .-- S. 216. - 266 p. - (Aspects of tourism). - ISBN 1873150415 .