Slovak Karst National Park

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Slovak Karst National Park Národný park Slovenský kras
IUCN Category II (National Park)
Zádielska tiesňava canyon
Location	South East Slovakia, Slovak Karst mountain range
Coordinates	48°36′00″N 20°31′44″E / 48.6, 20.52889
Area	346.11 km² (133.64 mi²)
Established	1 March 2002
Governing body	Správa Národného parku Slovenský kras (Slovak Karst National Park Administration) in Brzotín

Slovak Karst National Park (Národný park Slovenský kras) is a national park in the Slovak Karst (Slovenský kras) mountain range in South East Slovakia. It lies in the Gelnica, Rožňava and Košice–okolie districts in the Košice region. The National Park covers an area of 346.11 km² (133.64 mi²) and its buffer zone covers 117.41 km² (45.33 mi²).

The park was established on 1 March 2002, after being a protected landscape area since 1973. Slovak Karst is the first Slovak biosphere reserve since 1 March 1977, when it was included in the UNESCO's Programme on Man and the Biosphere. In 1995, 12 out of 700 caves from the park were recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Protected areas of Slovakia

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Coordinates: 48°36′00″N 20°31′44″E / 48.6, 20.52889

v • d • e National parks and protected landscape areas of Slovakia

National parks	Low Tatras • Malá Fatra • Muránska planina • Pieniny • Poloniny • Slovak Karst • Slovak Paradise • Tatra National Park • Veľká Fatra

Protected landscape areas	Cerová vrchovina • Dunajské luhy • East Carpathians • Horná Orava • Kysuce • Latorica • Little Carpathians • Poľana • Ponitrie • Strážov Mountains • Štiavnica Mountains • Vihorlat • White Carpathians • Záhorie