Zov Tigra National Park information

Zov Tigra National Park
"Roar of the Tiger" National Park Russian: Зов Тигра национальный парк
IUCN category II (national park)
Sikhote-Aline Range in Zov Tigra ("Call of the Tiger") National Park
Location of Park
Location	Lazovsky District of Primorsky Krai
Nearest city	Vladivostok
Coordinates	43°35′N 134°16′E / 43.583°N 134.267°E / 43.583; 134.267
Established	June 2, 2007 (2007-06-02)
Governing body	FGBI "Joint Directorate of Lazovsky Nature Reserve and National Park
Website	http://zov-tigra.lazovzap.ru/

Zov Tigra National Park (Russian: Зов Тигра национальный парк Zov Tigra natsionalnyy park), (in English, "Call of the Tiger National Park", or "Roar of the Tiger") is a mountainous refuge for the endangered Amur Tiger. The park encompasses an area of 83,384 hectares (206,046 acres; 834 km²; 322 sq mi) on the southeast coast of Russia's Far East in the federal district Primorsky Krai (in English, "Maritime Region"). The park is about 100 km northeast of Vladivostok, on both the eastern and western slopes of the southern Sikhote-Alin mountain range, a range that runs north-south through the Primorsky Krai. The relatively warm waters of the Sea of Japan are to the east, the Korean peninsula to the south, and China to the West. The terrain in rugged and difficult to access, with heavily forested taiga coexisting with tropical species of animals and birds.^[1] The park is relatively isolated from human development, and functions as a conservation reserve. Tourists may visit the portions of the park marked for recreation, but entry to the protected zones is only possible in the company of park rangers.

Zov Tigra, at the headwaters of the Ussuri River, which flows north into the Amur River. The mountains running to the north and east are the Sikhote-Alin