Plankeholmane Bird Sanctuary
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Plankeholmane Bird Sanctuary is a bird reserve
at Svalbard
, Norway, established in 1973. It includes the islets of Plankeholmane south of Prins Karls Forland, Spitsbergen
. The protected area covers a total area of around 1,600,000 square metre
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Bird Reserve
A bird reserve is a wildlife refuge designed to protect bird species. Like other wildlife refuges, the main goal of a reserve is to prevent species from becoming endangered or extinct. Typically, bird species in a reserve are protected from hunting and habitat destruction...
at Svalbard
Svalbard
Svalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic, constituting the northernmost part of Norway. It is located north of mainland Europe, midway between mainland Norway and the North Pole. The group of islands range from 74° to 81° north latitude , and from 10° to 35° east longitude. Spitsbergen is the...
, Norway, established in 1973. It includes the islets of Plankeholmane south of Prins Karls Forland, Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen is the largest and only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in Norway. Constituting the western-most bulk of the archipelago, it borders the Arctic Ocean, the Norwegian Sea and the Greenland Sea...
. The protected area covers a total area of around 1,600,000 square metre
Square metre
The square metre or square meter is the SI derived unit of area, with symbol m2 . It is defined as the area of a square whose sides measure exactly one metre...
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