Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve

This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Russian. (May 2014) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the Russian article. Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Russian Wikipedia article at [[:ru:Сихотэ-Алинский заповедник]]; see its history for attribution. You should also add the template {{Translated|ru|Сихотэ-Алинский заповедник}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve
Russian: Сихотэ-Алинский заповедник, Sikhote-Alinsky Zapovednik
IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)
Glukhomanka Mountain, in Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve
Location	Primorsky Krai, Russia
Nearest city	Dalnegorsk
Coordinates	45°02′N 136°20′E / 45.033°N 136.333°E / 45.033; 136.333Coordinates: 45°02′N 136°20′E / 45.033°N 136.333°E / 45.033; 136.333
Area	4,016 km2 (1,551 sq mi)
Established	February 10, 1935 (1935-02-10)
сиалинь.рф

Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve (Russian pronunciation: [sʲɪxɐˈtɛ ɐˈlʲinʲ], English: /ˈsiːkəˌteɪ əˈliːn/, SEE-kə-TAY ə-LEEN) is a biosphere reserve in Primorsky Krai. It is an important reserve for the endangered Siberian tiger.

It was founded on February 10, 1935, to protect a population of the sable. The Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve is located in a watershed on the eastern slopes of Central Sikhote-Alin in the Terneysky and Krasnoarmeysky Districts and the area of Dalnegorsk City Council.

The area of the zapovednik is 401,428 ha (2,900 ha - aquatic).^[1] The highest point is Glukhomanka Mountain at 1598 m altitude.

Map of Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve

Hunting and fishing in Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve are forbidden. Flora and fauna of the reserve are rich.

The reserve, along with Ussurisky Nature Reserve, is featured in the natural film Operation Snow Tiger by the BBC, first aired in 2013.^[2]

References[]

External links[]

• (in Russian) Info about Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve
• (in Russian) Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve
• (in English) Wild Russia. Sikhote-Alin Zapovednik

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve.

This Primorsky Krai location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

• v
• t

This article related to a protected area in Asia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

• v
• t