Largest national parks by area

Largest national parks by area ranked by area.

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As of 2026-10-12, Northeast Greenland National Park tops the list with 972,000 km².

  1. #1 Northeast Greenland National Park — 972,000 km²

    national park in Greenland

    Northeast Greenland National Park is the world's largest national park and the 10th largest protected area. Established in 1974, the Northeast Greenland national park expanded to its present size in 1988. It protects 972,000 km2 (375,000 mi2) of the interior and northeastern coast of Greenland and is larger than the area of Tanzania, but smaller than that of Egypt. This means that the national park is bigger than 166 of the world's 195 countries. It was the first national park to be created... Read more on Wikipedia.

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  2. #2 Limmen National Park — 960,846 km²

    national park in Australia

    Limmen National Park, announced in 2012, is the third largest national park in the Northern Territory, after Judbarra / Gregory National Park, with an area of approximately 9,369 square kilometres (3,617 sq mi). Located about 600 km south-east of Darwin on the Gulf of Carpentaria, the park incorporates wetlands, sandstone structures and numerous rivers, including the Limmen Bight River from which the park takes its name. Read more on Wikipedia.

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  3. #3 Médanos del Chaco National Park — 514,233 km²

    national park in Paraguay

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  4. #4 Songnisan National Park — 274,541 km²

    nation park in South Korea

    Songnisan (Korean: 속리산) is a mountain in South Korea. The mountain and nine mountain peaks of the Sobaek Mountain range are part of Songnisan National Park. The park lies on the border between the provinces Chungcheongbuk-do and Gyeongsangbuk-do. It has an area of 274.541 square kilometres (106.001 sq mi) and was designated as Korea's sixth national park in 1970. Read more on Wikipedia.

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  5. #5 Tinigua National Natural Park — 201,875 km²

    national park in Colombia

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  6. #6 Byeonsan-bando National Park — 154,644 km²

    national park in South Korea

    Byeonsan-bando National Park is a national park in South Korea and was designated in 1988 as the only peninsula based park with a mix of mountains and sea in the country. The total area is 154.71 km2 (59.73 sq mi) with 9.27 km2 (3.58 sq mi) being sea. Byeonsan-bando is divided into two parts which are the Naebyeonsan and the Oebyeonsan. There are 996 animal species and 877 different vascular plants within national park. Read more on Wikipedia.

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  7. #7 Yendegaia National Park — 150,612 km²

    national park in southern Chilean Tierra del Fuego

    Yendegaia National Park is in Tierra del Fuego in the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region of Chile and contains 150,612 ha of mountainous terrain and Valdivian temperate rain forest. It borders the Alberto de Agostini National Park, inside the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, and Tierra del Fuego National Park. Read more on Wikipedia.

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  8. #8 Diego Ramirez Islands & Drake Passage National Park — 144,391 km²

    National park of Chile surrounding the archipelago of the Diego Ramirez Islands and the Drake Passage.

    The Diego Ramírez Islands and Drake Passage National Park is a national park of Chile established in 2018 as a marine park and redesignated as a national park in 2025. It lies south of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago, surrounding the Diego Ramírez Islands. Administratively, it belongs to Antártica Chilena Province in the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region. Read more on Wikipedia.

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  9. #9 Las Hermosas National Natural Park — 124,828 km²

    national park in Colombia

    The Las Hermosas National Natural Park is a national park located in the Valle del Cauca and Tolima departments, at the highest elevation of Cordillera Central range in the Andean Region of Colombia. Its main feature is probably the wetlands and 387 glacial lakes. Read more on Wikipedia.

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  10. #10 Nino Konis Santana National Park — 123,600 km²

    national park

    Nino Konis Santana National Park (Portuguese: Parque Nacional Nino Konis Santana; Tetum: Parke Nasionál Nino Konis Santa) is Timor-Leste's first national park. The park, established on 15 August 2007, covers 1,236 square kilometres (477 sq mi). It links important bird areas such as Lore, Mount Paitchau, Lake Ira Lalaro, and Jaco Island. The park also includes 556 square kilometres (215 sq mi) of the Coral Triangle, an underwater area which supposedly contains the world's greatest diversity... Read more on Wikipedia.

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