Nanda Devi National Park
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national park in India
Key facts
- Location
- Chamoli district , Uttarakhand , India
- Area
- 630.33 km (243.37 sq mi)
- Website
- https://uttarakhandtourism.gov.in/destination/nanda-devi-national-park
- Part of
- Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks
- Criteria
- Natural: (vii), (x)
- Reference
- 335-001
- Inscription
- 1988 (12th Session )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- biosphere reserve
- Country
- India
- Area
- 624.6
- Image
- Nanda Devi.jpg
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- UNESCO Biosphere Reserve URL
- www.unesco.org/mabdb/br/brdir/directory/biores.asp?code=IND+04&mode=all
- member of
- Man and the Biosphere Programme
- Commons category
- Nanda Devi
- inception
- 1982-00-00
- heritage designation
- World Heritage Site
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Encyclopedic overview
The Nanda Devi National Park or Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, established in 1982 is a national park situated around the peak of Nanda Devi (7816 m) in Chamoli Garhwal district of Uttarakhand, in northern India. The entire park lies at an elevation of more than 3,500 m (11,500 ft) above mean sea level.
The national park was inscribed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988. It was later expanded and renamed as Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks in 2005.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nanda Devi National Park” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.