Key facts
- Location
- Ural Mountains , Komi Republic , Russia
- Includes
- Yugyd Va (Clear Water) National Park Pechoro-Ilychskiy Nature Reserve Yaksha Forest District
- Criteria
- Natural: (vii), (ix)
- Inscription
- 1995 (19th Session )
- Area
- 2,645,800 ha (10,215 sq mi)
- Buffer zone
- 650,000 ha (2,500 sq mi)
- Website
- http://www.vfk.komi.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
The Virgin Komi Forests (Komi: Комилӧн вӧрзьӧдлытӧм вӧръяс, Russian: Девственные леса Коми) is a natural UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Northern Ural Mountains of the Komi Republic, Russia. At 32,800 km it is the largest virgin forest in Europe.
Geography and ecology