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Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve

Alaska · AK

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1980

Established

7.5M

Acres

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Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve is a national park of the United States that protects portions of the Central Brooks Range in northern Alaska. The park is the northernmost national park in the United States, situated entirely north of the Arctic Circle. The area of the park and preserve is the second largest in the U.S. at 8,472,506 acres ; the national park portion is the second largest in the U.S., after the national park portion of Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve.

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