Seven Island Lake nature reserve

Seven Island Lake Nature Reserve
Rezerwat przyrody Jezioro Siedmiu Wysp
IUCN Category IV (Habitat/Species Management Area)
Location	Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland
Coordinates	54°18′N 21°34′E / 54.3°N 21.567°E / 54.3; 21.567Coordinates: 54°18′N 21°34′E / 54.3°N 21.567°E / 54.3; 21.567
Area	10.06 km2 (2,490 acres)
Established	1956

Seven Island Lake Nature Reserve (Polish: Rezerwat przyrody Jezioro Siedmiu Wysp) is a nature reserve established in 1956 around Oświn lake in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. The reserve is in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in Gmina Węgorzewo (part of Węgorzewo County).

The area is an important breeding ground for water birds, and is both a Ramsar site (one of 13 such sites in Poland) and a Natura 2000 site. The reserve covers an area of approximately 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi), consisting of about 3.5 km² of water bodies, 6 km² of marshland and 0.5 km² of forest.

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This article incorporates information from the revision as of 1 June 2008 of the equivalent article on the Polish Wikipedia.