Sanddyner och kustlinje på Gotska Sandön
Photo: Naturvårdsverket, Foto: Kenneth Bengtsson, Johnér
Stig genom tallskog på Gotska Sandön
Photo: Naturvårdsverket, Foto: Peter Westrup, Johnér
Photo: Naturvårdsverket, Foto: Magnus Lepschi

Gotska Sandön, Nationalpark

National Park

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Guide: Sveriges nationalparker

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Description

Gotska Sandön National Park is the loneliest island in the Baltic Sea and belongs to Gotland County. The national park has an area of 4,500 hectares, of which 3,638 hectares are land. Here you can enjoy beautiful sandy beaches, gray seals and rare beetles.

Because the island is made up of drifting sand, it is very hilly. The highest dune, Höga Åsen, is 43 meters above sea level.

Most of the island is covered by pine forest of varying age. The oldest trees are probably up to 500 years old. In dune depressions, known as moras, there are deciduous forests in several places. The beach zone is occupied by sand and gravel beaches and inside is the so-called castle dune.

Source: sverigesnationalparker.se

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Formed in: 1910, extended in 1963 and 1988 (with the water area around the island)

Dominant habitat type: Pine forest

Size: 4 465 hectares of which

3 638 hectares of land

Landowner: The state through the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency

Manager: County Administrative Board in Gotland County

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For everyone's well-being and to maintain the reserve's natural and cultural values, it is important that all visitors show consideration. In addition to the right of public access, it is not permitted to:

dig or chop,
damage, carve or paint on rock, soil, boulders or stone,
remove stones,
break twigs or cut down or damage living or dead trees or bushes,
injuring or disturbing wildlife, climbing trees or being near the nests of birds of prey
drive a motorized vehicle
operate personal watercraft, except for transportation to and from land as close as possible to the national park boundary
camping or erecting windbreaks or similar devices, except in designated areas
make fires, including using barbecues or open-air kitchens, except as directed by the warden
enter or travel within the seal protection area at Säludden, as shown on the map in Appendix 1, except within the designated area for hiding places and footbridges,
bring pets. However, a person with impaired vision may bring a guide dog,
cause noise in a disruptive manner,
cycle, except on existing paths and roads
fishing.

Without the permission of the County Administrative Board, it is not permitted to:

conduct sports competitions or sports events,
place signs, boards, posters, orientation controls, signs, markings or similar,
carry out passenger traffic by ship to and from the national park,
carry out scientific studies or environmental monitoring that involves marking, collecting, trapping or other impact on the natural environment,
collecting amphibians or reptiles
collecting insects, spiders, shells, snails or other invertebrates
picking, collecting or digging up plants, including mosses, or lichens or woody fungi
conducting military or police training activities
take off or land by aircraft.