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Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve

(Encyclopedia) Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, N Alaska. Located N of the Arctic Circle, the park (7,523,898 acres/3,046,113 hectares) and adjacent preserve (948,629 acres/384,060…

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

(Encyclopedia) Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, SE Alaska, near Juneau. The park (3,224,840 acres/1,305,603 hectares) and the preserve (58,406 acres/23,646 hectares) were established in 1925…

Aleutian Range

(Encyclopedia) Aleutian Range, volcanic mountain chain, c.1,600 mi (2,600 km) long, SW Alaska, extending W from Anchorage along the Alaska Peninsula, and continuing, partly submerged as the Aleutian…

Valles Caldera National Preserve

(Encyclopedia) Valles Caldera National PreserveValles Caldera National Preserveväˈyās [key], 89,766 acres (36,343 hectares), N N.Mex.; est. 2000 by Valles Caldera Trust, transferred to National Park…

Wrangell–Saint Elias National Park and Preserve

(Encyclopedia) Wrangell–Saint Elias National Park and Preserve, at the convergence of the Chugach, Wrangell, and St. Elias mts., SW Alaska. The park (8,323,618 acres/3,369,856 hectares) contains Mt.…

Denali National Park and Preserve

(Encyclopedia) Denali National Park and PreserveDenali National Park and Preservedənälˈē [key], in the Alaska Range, S central Alaska; comprising Denali National Park (4,740,912 acres/1,919,398…

Katmai National Park and Preserve

(Encyclopedia) Katmai National Park and PreserveKatmai National Park and Preservekătˈmī [key], at the northern end of the Alaska Peninsula on Shelikof Strait, S Alaska, comprising Katmai National…

Muir Glacier

(Encyclopedia) Muir Glacier: see Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.