| Parco Nazionale dello Stelvio Nationalpark Stilfserjoch | |
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 View of the park | |
  Location of the park | |
| Location | Lombardia, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol |
| Nearest city | Trento |
| Coordinates | 46°30′N10°35′E / 46.500°N 10.583°E |
| Elevation | 690 m (2,260 ft) to 3,905 m (12,812 ft) |
| Established | 1935 |
| Governing body | Ministero dell'Ambiente |
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Stelvio National Park (Italian : Parco nazionale dello Stelvio; German : Nationalpark Stilfser Joch) is a national park in northeast Italy, established in 1935. [1]
The park is the fourth largest in Italy and covers part of two regions: Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and Lombardia, in 24 municipalities. [2]
Stelvio National Park has borders with the Swiss National Park, Adamello Brenta Natural Park, and Adamello Regional Park (Italian : Parco regionale dell'Adamello). Together, these parks comprise 400,000 hectares (1,500 sq mi) of protected natural environment. The park includes an extensive territory of valleys and high mountains, [2] ranging from 650 metres (2,130 ft)[ citation needed ] to 3,905 m (12,812 ft) in height. [2]
In December 2025 a large fossil track way of dinosaurs was discovered in the park, near the Swiss border. [3]
A wildlife photographer discovered around 20000 footprints of dinosaurs dating back about 210 millions year making it one of the largest Triassic trace fossil sites found. The footprint track showed movement of long-necked, bipedal herbivores preserved on high Alpine cliffs and celebrated as a significant paleontologica l find. [4]
