Ytre Hvaler National Park

Skerries, shipwrecks and a cold water coral reef on Norway's Oslofjord coast

Ytre Hvaler is mostly sea, 340 km2 of its 354 km2, and holds the Tisler Reef, the largest known coral reef in sheltered waters in Europe. Its outer skerries on the east shore of Oslofjord border Sweden's Kosterhavet National Park.

2TorbjørnskjærOne of the park's two lighthouses, run by the Norwegian Coastal Administration.

Things to do

  • Try thisLook for the Tisler Reef near the island of Tisler
  • Try thisSee the lighthouses at Torbjørnskjær and Homlungen
  • Try thisExplore Akerøya, settled between 1682 and 1807
  • HeritageVisit the park manager's base in Skjærhalden
Torbjørnskjær
Torbjørnskjær
Norway · Østfold Est. 2009 Size 355 km² Protected area category: IUCN II

Also worth seeing

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    Tisler Reef

    The largest known coral reef in sheltered waters in Europe, mostly Lophelia.
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    Akerøya

    Island settled between 1682 and 1807.

Where it is

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