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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]
Even by Alaska standards, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve is extraordinary.
The Arrigetch Peaks (Iñupiaq: Argaich) are a cluster of rugged granite spires in the Endicott Mountains of the central Brooks Range in northern Alaska.The name Arrigetch means 'fingers of the outstretched hand' in the Inupiat language.
Mount Doonerak is the third-highest point in the Endicott Mountains which are a subrange of the Brooks Range. [2] It is set 32 miles (51 km) southeast of Anaktuvuk Pass in Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. [4]
The river, with headwaters above the Arctic Circle in the Endicott Mountains of the Brooks Range, drains an area north of the Yukon River that includes part of the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, as well as Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge and Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge. [8]
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 .
Field Trip. LISTEN NOW. Lillian Cunningham of the Washington Post takes listeners on a journey through the messy and complicated history of America's national parks. Traveling to Yosemite ...
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