What is Northeast Greenland National Park?
{{Infobox Protected area | name = Northeast Greenland National Park | iucn_category = II | photo = | photo_width = | map_image = Northeast Greenland National Park in Greenland 2018.svg | location = {{flag|Greenland}}<br>{{flag|Kingdom of Denmark}} | nearest_city = | coords = {{coord|76|N|30|W|region:GL_scale:20000000|display=inline,title}} | area = {{convert|972000|km2|abbr=on}} | established = 21 May 1974 | population_density_km2 = | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | governing_body = }} '''Northeast Greenland National Park''' is a [[national park]] in [[Greenland]], [[Denmark]]. It is the largest national park in the world, with an area of {{convert|972000|km2|mi2|-3|abbr=on}}.<ref>Statistics Greenland, [http://www.stat.gl/LinkClick.aspx?link=Intranet%2fGIF_2009_WEB.pdf&tabid=57&mid=473&language=en-US ''Greenland in Figures, 2009''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719030936/http://www.stat.gl/LinkClick.aspx?link=Intranet%2FGIF_2009_WEB.pdf&tabid=57&mid=473&language=en-US |date=2011-07-19 }}</ref> This makes the park larger than most countries. It would place 31st if it were a country, just behind [[Egypt]]. It is the only national park in [[Greenland]], and the most northerly national park in the world. Its most northerly point reaches slightly further than the most northerly point in [[Quttinirpaaq National Park]] in [[Canada]]. ==History== [[File:Franz Josef Fjord, glacier.jpg|thumb|left|alt=|[[Kejser Franz Joseph Fjord|Franz Josef Fjord]]]] The park was first created on 22 May 1974. It came from the northern, practically uninhabited part of the former [[Ittoqqortoormiit Municipality]] in [[Tunu]] (East Greenland). In 1988 the park was expanded by another {{convert|272000|km2|mi2|1|abbr=on}} to its present size. This was by adding the northeastern part of the former county of [[Avannaa]] (North Greenland). In January 1977 it was made an [[international biosphere reserve]]. ==Fauna== [[File:Greenland, Rype Fjord