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{{Short description|National park in Sardinia}}
{{Infobox protected area
| name = Parco Nazionale del Golfo di Orosei e del Gennargentu
| iucn_category =  II
| photo = Gusana.jpg
| photo_alt =
| photo_caption = Gusana Lake in the park
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| map = Italy
| map_caption = Location of Gennargentu National Park
| map_width = 200
| location = [[Sardinia|Sardegna]]
| nearest_city = [[Nuoro]]
| coordinates = {{coords|39|59|23|N|9|19|29|E|display=inline, title}}
| label = Gennargentu
| label_position = right
| area =  {{convert|730.00|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
| established = 1998
| visitation_num =
| visitation_year =
| governing_body = Ministero dell'Ambiente
| url= http://www.parcogennargentu.it/index.htm
}}
The '''Gennargentu National Park''' (also '''National Park of the Bay of Orosei and Gennargentu'''; {{langx|it|Parco Nazionale del Golfo di Orosei e del Gennargentu}}) is a national park on the east coast of [[Sardinia]].<ref name=Independ>{{cite news|last1=Ryan|first1=David|title=Sardinia: An island of mad dogs and playboys|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/sardinia-an-island-of-mad-dogs-and-playboys-10223710.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/sardinia-an-island-of-mad-dogs-and-playboys-10223710.html |archive-date=2022-06-18 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|accessdate=21 January 2016|work=The Independent|date=4 May 2015}}</ref>
Wildlife in the park includes the ''[[Felis lybica sarda]] ''(also known as [[wildcat|Sardinian wildcat]]), the [[mouflon]], the [[marten]], the [[weasel]], the [[edible dormouse]], the [[garden dormouse]], the [[fox|Sardinian fox]], the [[griffon vulture]], the [[golden eagle]], the [[Bonelli's eagle]], the [[peregrine falcon]], the [[great spotted woodpecker]], the butterfly [[Papilio hospiton|Corsican swallowtail]].<ref name=vItalit>{{cite news|last1=Szabo|first1=Julius|title=Gennargentu National Park - see the wildlife of Sardinia|url=http://www.travelviaitaly.com/gennargentu-national-park-see-the-wildlife-of-sardinia/|accessdate=21 January 2016|publisher=Visititaly.info|date=22 March 2013}}</ref> Marine mammals include the [[Mediterranean monk seal]], the [[fin whale]],<ref>[http://www.adnkronos.com/fatti/cronaca/2016/04/13/sardegna-avvistate-balenottere-largo-cala-gonone-video_4HAqSUKf8q2TRUjntG8idK.html Sardegna, avvistate 5 balenottere al largo di Cala Gonone /Video]</ref><ref>Muggianu N.. 2012. [http://lanuovasardegna.gelocal.it/regione/2012/03/21/news/a-cala-gonone-tornano-i-giganti-dei-mari-1.3733432 A Cala Gonone tornano i giganti dei mari]</ref> [[sperm whale]],<ref>Brennan C..2010. [http://italiannewsclicks.blogs.emmanuel.edu/2010/04/19/nuotare-tra-balene-e-foche/ Nuotare tra balene e foche]</ref> and various smaller whales and [[dolphin]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ceafocamonaca.it/news.asp?id=5 |title=Gonone santuario dei cetacei |access-date=2016-04-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506155415/http://www.ceafocamonaca.it/news.asp?id=5 |archive-date=2016-05-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The park lies in the provinces of [[Province of Nuoro|Nuoro]] and [[Province of Ogliastra|Ogliastra]].<ref name=Independ/>
The highest mountain in Sardinia, [[Punta La Marmora]], in the [[Gennargentu]] mountain range is within the boundaries of the National Park.
==See also==
*[[List of national parks of Italy]]
*[[Orosei]]
==References==
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Il Bruncu Spina.jpg|Bruncu Spina's ski resort
File:Fonni - M. Spada.jpg|Monte Spada
File:Orgosolo - M. Fumai.jpg|Monte Fumai
File:La peonia del Gennargentu.jpg|Paeonia of Gennargentu
Image:Gennargentu.jpg|a lush forest
File:Supramonte view-from-Punta-Sos-Nidos-to-North-East 2.jpg|Punta Sos Nidos
File:Cala Goloritze o.jpg|[[Cala Goloritzé]]
File:Cala Sisine.jpg|Cala Sisine
</gallery>
==External links==
{{National parks of Italy}}
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[[Category:National parks of Italy]]
[[Category:Parks in Sardinia]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1998]]
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