Seven Island Lake Nature Reserve

Seven Island Lake Nature Reserve
Rezerwat przyrody Jezioro Siedmiu Wysp
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Location	Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland
Coordinates	54°18′N 21°34′E / 54.300°N 21.567°E / 54.300; 21.567Coordinates: 54°18′N 21°34′E / 54.300°N 21.567°E / 54.300; 21.567
Area	10.06 km² (2,490 acres)
Established	1956

Seven Island Lake Nature Reserve (Polish: Rezerwat przyrody Jezioro Siedmiu Wysp) is a nature reserve established in 1956 around Oświn lake in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. The reserve is in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in Gmina Węgorzewo (part of Węgorzewo County).

The area is an important breeding ground for water birds, and is both a Ramsar site (one of 13 such sites in Poland) and a Natura 2000 site. The reserve covers an area of approximately 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi), consisting of about 3.5 km² of water bodies, 6 km² of marshland and 0.5 km² of forest.

Protected areas of Poland

Smallcaps indicate World Heritage Sites Italics indicate Biosphere reserves

National parks	Babia Góra Białowieża Biebrza Bieszczady Bory Tucholskie Drawa Gorce Kampinos Karkonosze Magura Narew Ojców Pieniny Polesie Roztocze Słowiński Świętokrzyski Stołowe Mountains Tatra Ujście Warty Wielkopolska Wigry Wolin

Related lists	Biosphere reserves Landscape parks (Parki Krajobrazowe) Nature reserves (Rezerwaty przyrody) Ramsar sites World Heritage Sites

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