Sagarmatha National Park

View of mountains at Sagarmatha National Park

Sagarmatha National Park is a national park at the eastern part of Nepal. It is named after sagarmatha, which is another name for Mt. Everest. It covers an area of 1,148 km² (443 sq mi) which is mostly occupied by Mt. Everest. It was established in 1976 and was made World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979.^[1] In January 2002, a Buffer Zone comprising 275 km² (106 sq mi) was added to the old Sagarmatha National Park Zone. ^[2]

Sagarmatha National Park Media

Entrance gate of the Sagarmatha National Park
Flowers at an elevation of 5,000 m (16,000 ft)
Snowcock in the national park

References

↑ Bhuju, U. R., Shakya, P. R., Basnet, T. B., Shrestha, S. (2007). Nepal Biodiversity Resource Book. Protected Areas, Ramsar Sites, and World Heritage Sites Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology, in cooperation with United Nations Environment Programme, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. Kathmandu, Nepal. ISBN 978-92-9115-033-5
↑ Soul, Himalayas. "Sagarmatha National Park".

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[nbrb2007-1] Bhuju, U. R., Shakya, P. R., Basnet, T. B., Shrestha, S. (2007). Nepal Biodiversity Resource Book. Protected Areas, Ramsar Sites, and World Heritage Sites Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology, in cooperation with United Nations Environment Programme, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. Kathmandu, Nepal. ISBN 978-92-9115-033-5

[2] Soul, Himalayas. "Sagarmatha National Park".

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