Dovre National Park

Dovre National Park (Norwegian: Dovre nasjonalpark) is a national park in Innlandet county, Norway. The park was established in 2003. The park covers an area of 289 square kilometres (112 sq mi) and the altitude varies from the tree line at about 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) up to its highest point at Fokstuhøe at 1,716 metres (5,630 ft). The area consists of plateaus and weathered, rounded mountain peaks.[1][2]

Dovre National Park
LocationInnlandet, Norway
Nearest cityDombås
Coordinates62°5′N 9°32′E
Area289 km2 (112 sq mi)
Established2003
Governing bodyDirectorate for Nature Management

The park lies between the two larger and older parks Rondane National Park to the southeast and Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park to the north. Its opening was part of the larger expansion of parks in the area and its purpose was to protect the area between the two parks. Like Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella and Rondane, Dovre national park hosts wild Fennoscandian reindeer of Beringia origin. Part of the reason for the existence of these three adjacent parks is to provide a large contiguous habitat area for the native wild reindeer population.[1][3]

Name

The park is named after the municipality of Dovre. For the meaning of the name, see Dovre#Name. It is common to use the name Dovre also for the large mountainous area of Dovrefjell which is also known as the Dovre region. From the oldest times has Dovrefjell been the border region between the northern and southern parts of Norway, and the road over the mountain was well known. The expression "til Dovre faller" ('until the Dovre mountains fall apart' = until the end of the world) is widely used in Norwegian.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Dovre nasjonalpark". Norges nasjonalparker (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  2. "Dovre National Park". VisitNorway.com. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  3. Toldnæs, Jens Petter, ed. (2 December 2019). "Dovre nasjonalpark". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  4. Svendsen, Trond Olav, ed. (2 June 2021). "Dovre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 February 2022.


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