Călimani National Park
The Călimani National Park situated in Romania and located on the northern side of the Eastern Carpathians. It is in the administrative territory of counties Mureș, Suceava, Harghita, and Bistrița-Năsăud. It has 64,000 acres. It protects the Călimani Mountains.
Description
The park is in a mountain area with diversified landforms: peaks, rocky steep cliffs, gorges, valleys, dolines, hillocks, clints, ponors, glades; with natural areas covered with forests, pastures and meadows.The natural area has several habitat types that shelter a diverse range of flora and fauna specific to the Eastern Carpathians.
Located in the Călimani Mountains and including the largest volcanic crater in Romania, with a diameter of about 10 km, the Călimani National Park, with a total area of 24.566 ha, includes the nature reserves Doisprezece Apostoli, Jnepenișul cu Pinus cembra - Călimani and Iezer Lake, and overlaps the special avifaunistic protection area of the Călimani Mountains - Natura 2000.
The former sulphur mining site in the Călimani Mountains is now an enclave within this national park.