| Hellestien-Blåfjellet-Kløfjellet-Geita Bird Sanctuary | |
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| Hellestien-Blåfjellet-Kløfjellet-Geita fuglefredningsområde | |
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| Nearest city | Runde |
| Coordinates | 62°23′56″N5°38′55″E / 62.39889°N 5.64861°E Coordinates: 62°23′56″N5°38′55″E / 62.39889°N 5.64861°E |
| Area | 40 ha (99 acres) |
| Established | 1981 |
| Designated | 27 May 2013 |
| Part of | Runde |
| Reference no. | 2164 [1] |
The Hellestien-Blåfjellet-Kløfjellet-Geita Bird Sanctuary (Norwegian : Hellestien-Blåfjellet-Kløfjellet-Geita fuglefredningsområde) is a bird sanctuary and Ramsar site on the island of Runde in the municipality of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The area was protected in 1981 together with three other bird sanctuaries in order to "take care of rich and interesting bird life and a bird habitat, especially with respect to seabirds," [2] according to the conservation regulations. The four sites have a total area of 2.6 square kilometers (1.0 sq mi).
Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken mainly in Norway, where it is the official language. Along with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a dialect continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional varieties, and some Norwegian and Swedish dialects, in particular, are very close. These Scandinavian languages, together with Faroese and Icelandic as well as some extinct languages, constitute the North Germanic languages. Faroese and Icelandic are hardly mutually intelligible with Norwegian in their spoken form because continental Scandinavian has diverged from them. While the two Germanic languages with the greatest numbers of speakers, English and German, have close similarities with Norwegian, neither is mutually intelligible with it. Norwegian is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples living in Scandinavia during the Viking Era.
A bird reserve is a wildlife refuge designed to protect bird species. Like other wildlife refuges, the main goal of a reserve is to prevent species from becoming endangered or extinct. Typically, bird species in a reserve are protected from hunting and habitat destruction. Because of the protection they provide from such threats, bird reserves also serve as excellent locations for bird watching. Normally, wildlife refuges are under the care of non-profit organizations and governmental institutions.
The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands. It is also known as the Convention on Wetlands. It is named after the city of Ramsar in Iran, where the Convention was signed in 1971.
The area covers the east side of Vardane Hill (333 meters or 1,093 feet) on Runde.
In 2013, the area was designated a Ramsar wetland site as one of five subareas of the Runde Ramsar Site. [3]
The Runde Ramsar Site is a Ramsar Convention area consisting of five previously approved protected areas in the municipalities of Herøy and Ulstein in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The area was established in 2013.
