GL055
Kilen


Site description (2000 baseline):

Site location and context
A flat, gravel plain comprising polar desert and melt-water rivers, surrounded on three sides by glaciers and on the fourth by the polar sea.



Key biodiversity
This is an important site for breeding geese and gulls (Laridae).



Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
No serious threats are known at the site.



Protected areas
National Partial International PartialIBA overlaps with National Park (North and North-east Greenland). IBA overlaps with Ramsar Site (Kilen). IBA overlaps with Biosphere Reserve (North and North-east Greenland National Park).




Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kilen. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kilen-iba-greenland-(to-denmark) on 19/03/2024.