The Carpathian National Park was founded in 1968. The park is located in Zakarpattia and Ivano-Frankivsk regions of Ukraine, in the Eastern Carpathians.

The total area of the national park is 12,672 hectares: 11,657 hectares are covered by forests, 453 hectares are grassland and 51 ha – various bodies of water. The park consists of three reserves: Goverlyansky, Chernogorsky, and Ugolsky.

Alpine valleys that surround the mountain Goverla, the highest mountain of the Ukrainian Carpathians (2061 meters above sea level), are declared a protected area of the reserve. Coniferous forests cover about 91% of the forest area. Photos by Roman Naumov

Tags: Ivano-Frankivsk oblast · Zakarpattia oblast

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