Northeast Greenland National Park

Ever wondered where is the largest national park can be found? The world's largest national park can be found in Greenland. Its name is Northeast Greenland National Park, which has an area of 972,000 square kilometres or 375,000 square miles. This is the only national park in Greenland and also in Denmark. This national park encompasses the entire northeastern coastline and interior sections of Greenland, which is the largest island on Earth. It was built in May 22, 1974, and undergone expansion in 1988. It was designated as an international biosphere reserve in January 1977.

It is a home to an estimated 5,000 to 15,000 musk ox as well as numerous polar bears and walrus.
Accordingly, this is claimed to be 40% of the world population of musk ox. There are also other mammals that include arctic fox, stoat, collared lemming and arctic hare. Other marine mammals that living here are ringed seal, bearded seal, harp seal and hooded seal as well as narwhal and white whale. There are also birds like great northern diver, barnacle goose, pink-footed goose, common eider, king eider, gyrfalcon, snowy owl, sanderling, ptarmigan and raven.

Meanwhile, the first and oldest national park in the world can be found in the states of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho in the United States. Its name is Yellowstone National Park, which has an area of 3,470 square miles or 8,980 km². This park is the center of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, one of the largest intact temperate zone ecosystems remaining on Earth.