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Consequently, on December 1, 1978 President Jimmy Carter used the Antiquities Act to proclaim much of the proposed new Alaskan parklands as national monuments, including Gates of the Arctic National Monument. In 1980 Congress passed ANILCA, and the monument became Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve on December 2, 1980. [27]
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It flows south from Anaktuvuk Pass in Alaska's Brooks Range, into the larger river at a point near Bettles, [3] slightly north of the Arctic Circle. [5] In 1980, the 52-mile (84 km) segment of the John River within the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve were designated "wild" and added to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. [6]
Even by Alaska standards, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve is extraordinary. Gates of the Arctic has no trails, roads. That's partly why the park is so special.
The Noatak River's headwaters are on the north flank of Mount Igikpak in the Schwatka Mountains of the Brooks Range in the Gates of the Arctic National Park. [1] The Noatak flows generally westward for about 425 miles (684 km) to the Chukchi Sea at Kotzebue Sound. [1] The river's entire course is north of the Arctic Circle. [6]
Pages in category "Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Anaktuvuk Pass ("the place of caribou droppings", el. 2,200 ft.) is a mountain pass located in Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve in North Slope Borough in northern Alaska. The Anaktuvuk Pass is in the Brooks Range which divides the Anaktuvuk River with the John River .
Arctic Alaska or Far North Alaska is a region of the U.S. state of Alaska generally referring to the northern areas on or close to the Arctic Ocean. It commonly includes North Slope Borough , Northwest Arctic Borough , Nome Census Area , and is sometimes taken to include parts of the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area .