Iron Gates Natural Park

Iron Gates Natural Park
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)


Location	Southwestern Romania
Coordinates	44°38′17″N 22°06′22″E / 44.638°N 22.106°E / 44.638; 22.106Coordinates: 44°38′17″N 22°06′22″E / 44.638°N 22.106°E / 44.638; 22.106^[1]
Area	115,655 hectares (285,790 acres)
http://www.portiledefier.ro/

The Iron Gates Natural Park (Romanian: Parcul Natural Porțile de Fier) is a 115,655-hectare (285,790-acre) natural park located in southwestern Romania. It includes the Romanian part of the Iron Gate of the Danube River, and stretches along the left bank of the river in the counties of Caraș-Severin and Mehedinți. Across the river is the Đerdap national park in Serbia. Parcul Natural Porțile de Fier is the largest natural park in Romania, stretching from Socol in the west, to Drobeta Turnu-Severin in the east.

References

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Iron Gates Natural Park.

↑ Portile De Fier Natural Park protectedplanet.net

Protected areas of Romania

Biosphere reserves	Danube Delta Retezat Rodna

National parks	Buila-Vânturarița Călimani Ceahlău Cheile Bicazului-Hășmaș Cheile Nerei-Beușnița Cozia Defileul Jiului Domogled-Valea Cernei Măcin Mountains Piatra Craiului Mountains Rodna Semenic-Cheile Carașului

Nature parks	Apuseni Balta Mică a Brăilei Bucegi Cefa Cindrel Comana Defileul Mureșului Superior Dumbrava Sibiului Grădiștea Muncelului-Cioclovina Hateg Country Dinosaur Geopark Iron Gates Lunca Joasă a Prutului Inferior Lunca Mureșului Maramureș Mountains Mehedinți Plateau Geopark Putna-Vrancea Vânători-Neamț

Nature reserves	Bicaz Canyon Cehei Pond Cheile Turzii Izvorul Bigăr Lapiș Forest Letea Forest Mount Stogu Ostrovul Ciocănești Repedea Hill Fossil Site Mount Tâmpa

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