1. Poloniny National park Zuzana Gajdošová 2. D 2012/2013

2. Content: Location National park Attractions Vegetation Animals Dark-Sky Park

3. Location

4. National park created on 1 October 1997 protected area of 298 km² the highest point is the mount Kremenec (1,208 m) – the easternmost point of Slovakia open to the public all year

5. Attractions The primeval beech forests were proclaimed to be a World Heritage Site UNESCO Starina - the biggest water reservoir for drinking water in Slovakia wooden churches in Topoľa, Uličské Krivé and Ruský Potok

6. Vegetation a botanical frontier between the East and West Carpathians about 1,200 species of vascular plant forests cover about 80% of the area poloniny – meadows on the main ridge of the Bukovské vrchy mountain range

7. Animals about 5,981 species of Invertebrates and 294 species of Vertebrates protected bird area many endemics and protected species: salamander, newt, otter, wildcat, wolf, brown bear, lynx, European bison, Eurasian elk

8. Dark-Sky Park Poloniny 1. dark-sky park in Slovakia and 20. in the world created on 3 December 2010 the darkest sky in the Slovakia Astronomical Observatory near Kolonica

9. Sources: http://www.sopsr.sk/nppoloniny/sk/uvod.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poloniny_National_ Park http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poloniny_National_ Park http://poloniny.fussion.info/index.html http://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_tmavej_obloh y_Poloniny http://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_tmavej_obloh y_Poloniny http://poloniny.svetelneznecistenie.sk/park- tmavej-oblohy/narodny-park-poloniny/ http://poloniny.svetelneznecistenie.sk/park- tmavej-oblohy/narodny-park-poloniny/ http://svetelneznecistenie.sk/stars/