The Izera Dark Sky Park was established in Jizerské hory, around the border between the Czech Republic and Poland, in 2009. The name was derived from oread Izerina, a patroness of Jizerské hory, and from the mineral izeryn that is a local type of ilmenite with a color resembling the darkness of the sky in the park.
Discovered on 30-9-2000 in Ondrejov by Pravec, P., Kusnirak, P.