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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.
This is an important site for breeding geese and gulls (Laridae).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
No serious threats are known at the site.
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 (Greenland (to Denmark)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kilen-iba-greenland-(to-denmark) on 23/12/2024.
