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Place in Västernorrland, Sweden
Vändåtberget
Inner-Abborrtjärnen, a lakelet in the center of the reserve.Inner-Abborrtjärnen, a lakelet in the center of the reserve.
Vändåtberget is located in SwedenVändåtbergetVändåtberget
Coordinates: 63°48′30″N 18°18′0″E / 63.80833°N 18.30000°E / 63.80833; 18.30000
CountrySweden
CountyVästernorrland
Area
 • Total3.45 km (1.33 sq mi)

Vändåtberget is a nature reserve in Västernorrland County in Sweden located 50 kilometres northwest of the town Örnsköldsvik. The reserve was established on 1 July 1989 and has an area of 3.45 km.

The old-growth forest of Vändåt is a habitat for the highly endangered beetle Pytho kolwensis, in the genus Pytho and the family Pythidae. It is also a habitat for a longhorn beetle, Nothorhina punctata.

The meaning of the name “Vändåt” is not known.

Pytho kolwensis, a rarity that can be found in Vändåtberget.

References

  1. ^ Eckerberg, Katarina (1981). Urskogen på Vändåtberget : en naturinventering med tonvikt på beskrivning av skogstillstånd och inventeringsmetodik (in Swedish). Vol. Länsstyrelsen, Västernorrlands län, 0280–1140, 1981:6. Länsstyrelsen i Västernorrlands län.
  2. "Vändåtberget - skalbaggarnas eldorado" (in Swedish). Länsstyrelsen i Västernorrlands län. 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

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