![Aerial view of Kongsfjorden Aerial view of Kongsfjorden](https://rsistest.ramsar.org/sites/default/files/styles/risv_medium/public/RISapp/files/51555128/pictures/Kongsfjorden.png?itok=EErg2MsY)
![Common eiders Common eiders](https://rsistest.ramsar.org/sites/default/files/styles/risv_medium/public/RISapp/files/51555128/pictures/Kongsfjorden1_%C3%86rfugler_Pernille%20Kvernland_14.06.2016.jpg?itok=PWoVstT-)
![Ny-Ålesund, the closest settlement, with a view of Kongsfjorden Ny-Ålesund, the closest settlement, with a view of Kongsfjorden](https://rsistest.ramsar.org/sites/default/files/styles/risv_medium/public/RISapp/files/51555128/pictures/Kongsfjorden2_Ny-%C3%85lesund_Pernille%20Kvernland_14.06.2016.jpg?itok=9uBeMuvZ)
![Terretorial Arctic tern Terretorial Arctic tern](https://rsistest.ramsar.org/sites/default/files/styles/risv_medium/public/RISapp/files/51555128/pictures/Kongsfjorden3_R%C3%B8dnebbterne_Pernille%20Kvernland_14.06.2016.jpg?itok=5VHPsIDR)
![Arctic tern "nest" Arctic tern "nest"](https://rsistest.ramsar.org/sites/default/files/styles/risv_medium/public/RISapp/files/51555128/pictures/Kongsfjorden4_Terneegg_Pernille%20Kvernland_14.06.2016.jpg?itok=hOEvbesv)
![Nesting female eider Nesting female eider](https://rsistest.ramsar.org/sites/default/files/styles/risv_medium/public/RISapp/files/51555128/pictures/Kongsfjorden5_%C3%86rfuglhunn%20p%C3%A5%20reir_Pernille%20Kvernland_14.06.2016.jpg?itok=NnbEFHN6)
![Glaucous gull nest Glaucous gull nest](https://rsistest.ramsar.org/sites/default/files/styles/risv_medium/public/RISapp/files/51555128/pictures/Kongsfjorden6_Polarm%C3%A5kereir_Pernille%20Kvernland_14.06.2016.jpg?itok=PMd9DajZ)
![Multiple female eiders nesting, blending into the environment Multiple female eiders nesting, blending into the environment](https://rsistest.ramsar.org/sites/default/files/styles/risv_medium/public/RISapp/files/51555128/pictures/Kongsfjorden7_Masse%20%C3%A6rfuglhunner%20p%C3%A5%20reir_Pernille%20Kvernland_14.06.2016.jpg?itok=6idpB7AN)
![Barnacle goose Barnacle goose](https://rsistest.ramsar.org/sites/default/files/styles/risv_medium/public/RISapp/files/51555128/pictures/Kongsfjorden8_Hvitkinng%C3%A5s_Pernille%20Kvernland_14.06.2016.jpg?itok=fjr0SiAK)
![Red phalaropes Red phalaropes](https://rsistest.ramsar.org/sites/default/files/styles/risv_medium/public/RISapp/files/51555128/pictures/Kongsfjorden9_Polarsv%C3%B8mmesnipe_Pernille%20Kvernland_14.06.2016.jpg?itok=VkQvUjFa)
![Newly hatched common eiders Newly hatched common eiders](https://rsistest.ramsar.org/sites/default/files/styles/risv_medium/public/RISapp/files/51555128/pictures/Kongsfjorden10_Nylig%20klekte%20%C3%A6rfugler_Pernille%20Kvernland_14.06.2016.jpg?itok=KvfVuYvK)
![Glaoucous gull chick Glaoucous gull chick](https://rsistest.ramsar.org/sites/default/files/styles/risv_medium/public/RISapp/files/51555128/pictures/Kongsfjorden11_Polarm%C3%A5ke_Pernille%20Kvernland_14.06.2016.jpg?itok=wkfJzde3)
![Great skua nest Great skua nest](https://rsistest.ramsar.org/sites/default/files/styles/risv_medium/public/RISapp/files/51555128/pictures/Kongsfjorden12_Egg%20fra%20storjo_Pernille%20Kvernland_14.06.2016.jpg?itok=kZeGgoAD)
![Arctic tern nest Arctic tern nest](https://rsistest.ramsar.org/sites/default/files/styles/risv_medium/public/RISapp/files/51555128/pictures/Kongsfjorden13_R%C3%B8dnebbterneegg_Pernille%20Kvernland_14.06.2016.jpg?itok=PBBLomgf)
Kongsfjorden
- Country:Norway
- Site number:315
- Area:710 ha
- Designation date:24-07-1985
- Coordinates:78°56'N 12°10'E
Materials presented on this website, particularly maps and territorial information, are as-is and as-available based on available data and do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
Overview
The Site is located in the Svalbard archipelago in western Spitsbergen, in the inner parts of Kongsfjorden. It consists of ten islands covered with rich, grassy vegetation and small freshwater ponds as well as some skerries and surrounding sea. The vegetation provides the basis for a sizable breeding colony of barnacle geese Branta leucopsis. The islands are also important breeding locations for common eiders Somateria mollissima as well as for various other species of breeding waterbirds. The Site is used as a study area, with Ny-Ålesund, an international research station, located nearby. A small visitor centre provides information about ongoing research activities.
Administrative region:
Svalbard
- National legal designation:
- Nature Reserve - Kongsfjorden
- bird sanctuary - Kongsfjorden
- Last publication date:20-03-2018