Parkdle
Puzzle #21 was Poloniny National Park.
Poloniny National Park is a national park in northeastern Slovakia at the Polish and Ukrainian borders, in the Bukovské vrchy mountain range, which belongs to the Eastern Carpathians. It was created on 1 October 1997 with a protected area of 298.05 km2 (115.08 sq mi) and a buffer zone of 109.73 km2 (42.37 sq mi). Selected areas of the park are included in the Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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What the record says
Puzzle 21 ran on 5 Aug 2026 and the answer was Poloniny National Park, played with 6 guesses against 4 columns. On the record: Country - Slovakia; IUCN category - V; Area band - 100–499 km². The numbers: Established - 1990s.
Beyond the grid the record adds Established - 1997; Area - 307.5 km² (100–499 km²).
Parkdle builds its record from Wikidata - CC0 1.0 and IUCN protected-area management category guidelines. The description above comes from the same place the game credits on every reveal: English Wikipedia verbatim extract, CC BY-SA 4.0. The puzzle itself is still playable in the archive, and every answer that has been and gone is listed on the past-answers page.
How it scored
- Country
- Slovakia
- IUCN category
- V
- Established
- 1990s
- Area band
- 100–499 km²
Also on the record
- Established
- 1997
- Area
- 307.5 km² (100–499 km²)