Narachanski National Park

Lake Narach

Narаchanski (Narochansky) National Park (Belarusian: Нарачанскі, Naračanski; Russian: Нарочанский, Naročanskij) is a national park in Belarus, centered on and named after Lake Narach. It was created on 28 July 1999, and covers an area of more than 87,000 hectares.[1] Mammal species occurring in the park include red deer, raccoon dog, European badger, marten, and otter; fish species include common bream, silver bream, and crucian carp.The national park also includes 218 species of birds, such as the bittern, osprey and the common crane [2]

References

  1. ↑ Description on the park's official website (in Russian).
  2. ↑ National Park Narochansky on belarus.by

Coordinates: 54°51′00″N 26°44′00″E / 54.85°N 26.7333°E / 54.85; 26.7333


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