Malmøya og Malmøykalven Nature Reserve

Malmøya og Malmøykalven Nature Reserve is a nature reserve established in 2008 in the municipality of Oslo, Norway.

Malmøya og Malmøykalven Nature Reserve
IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)
From Malmøyskjær

The nature reserve consists of parts of the island of Malmøya, the island of Malmøykalven, and a water zone which includes the skerries of Malmøyskjær and Hertugskjær. It covers an area of about 0.509 km², of which 0.274 km² is land area. The nature reserve contains geological locations with scientifically important fossils from Cambrian and Silurian, particular vegetation types, and is an important nesting site for seabirds.[1][2]

References
  1. "Forskrift om Malmøya og Malmøykalven naturreservat" (in Norwegian). Lovdata. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  2. "Malmøya og Malmøykalven". Naturbase (in Norwegian). Miljødirektoratet. Retrieved 15 February 2016.

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