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List of national parks in the Baltics

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This is a list of the national parks in the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

Estonia

There are 6 national parks in Estonia.

Name	Region	Municipality	Established	Coordinates	IUCN category
[[File:Puhatu_looduskaitseala_Liguski_sihtkaitsevöönd.JPG	200px]]	Eastern Estonia	Alutaguse Parish	2018	443.31 km2
[[File:Ähijärv.jpg	200px]]	Southern Estonia	Võru County	1993	123.64 km2
[[File:Mähu_kivid_II.jpg	200px]]	Northern Estonia	Lääne-Viru County	1971	747.84 km2
[[File:Valgepõsk-lagled.jpg	200px]]	Western Estonia	Lääne County	1957	488.6 km2
[[File:Riisa_raba.JPG	200px]]	South-western Estonia	Viljandi County	1993	398.44 km2
[[File:Vilsandi_rannik_ja_tuletorn.jpg	200px]]	Western Estonia	Saare County	1993	238.82 km2

Latvia

There are 4 national parks in Latvia.

Name	Region	Municipality	Established	Coordinates	Area	IUCN category
[[File:Zvartes rock.jpg	200px]]	Vidzeme	Cēsis, Saulkrasti, Sigulda and Valmiera Municipality	1973		917.86 km2	II
[[File:20150523-03(Lielais_Ķemeru_tīrelis).jpg	200px]]	Courland
Semigallia
Vidzeme	Jūrmala City, Jelgava, Mārupe and Tukums Municipality	1997		361.86 km2	II
[[File:Rāznas_ezers,_Mākoņkalna_pagasts,_Rēzeknes_novads,_Latvia_-_panoramio.jpg	200px]]	Latgale	Krāslava, Ludza and Rēzekne Municipality	2007		596.14 km2	II
[[File:Baltic_sea_Riga_gulf_western_coast_near_Kolka.jpg	200px]]	Courland	Talsi Municipality	1999		163.66 km2	II

Lithuania

There are 5 national parks in Lithuania. They were established in 1991 after Lithuania declared independence from the Soviet Union in 1990. Lithuanian SSR National Park established in 1974 was reorganized and renamed Aukštaitija National Park. Now they cover about 2.3 percent of Lithuania's territory.

Name	Region	Municipality	Established	Coordinates	IUCN category
[[File:Lithuania_Ladakalnis.jpg	200px]]	Aukštaitija	Ignalina, Utena, and Švenčionys district municipality	1974	410.56 km2	II
[[File:Cepkeliu_swamps.jpg	200px]]	Dzūkija	Varėna district municipality	1991	584.53 km2	II
[[File:Pilkosios kopos1.jpg	200px]]	Lithuania Minor	Neringa municipality	1991	273.89 km2	II
[[File:Kaunas Jazz @ Traku pilis by Augustas Didzgalvis.jpg	200px]]	Dzūkija	Trakai district municipality	1991	81.49 km2	II
[[File:Lithuania_Plateliai_lake.jpg	200px]]	Samogitia (Žemaitija)	Plungė district municipality	1991	217.54 km2	II

References

[https://www.protectedplanet.net/country/EST Estonia, Europe] ''Protected Planet''
(2008). "Estonian Nature Conservation in 2007". Estonian Environment Information Centre.
[https://www.protectedplanet.net/country/LVA Latvia, Europe] ''Protected Planet''
[https://www.protectedplanet.net/country/LTU Lithuania, Europe] ''Protected Planet''

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