Location Svalbard, Norway Nearest city Ny-Ålesund | Area 12.1 km² Established September 26, 2003 | |
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Governing body Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management | ||
Ossian Sars Nature Reserve (Norwegian: Ossian Sars naturreservat) is located at the inner-most part of Kongsfjorden on Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway. It was created on 26 September 2003 to preserve the mountain Ossian Sarsfjellet and the surrounding vegetation, although it had been protected as a plant conservatory area in 1984The nature reserve covers 12.139 square kilometres (4.687 sq mi). Hiking is permitted, but tenting is not.
The mountain and reserve are named after biologist Georg Ossian Sars.
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