Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve

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World Heritage Site component national park and preserve protected area

Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve is the largest national park in the United States, renowned for its vast wilderness, towering mountain ranges, and extensive glaciers in southeastern Alaska.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve (western portion)	1
Wrangell–St. Elias National Preserve	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World Heritage Site component ⓘ national park and preserve ⓘ protected area ⓘ
administeredBy	National Park Service ⓘ
area	13200000 acres ⓘ about 53000 square kilometers ⓘ
borders	Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve ⓘ surface form: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve (via World Heritage complex) Kluane National Park and Reserve ⓘ
contains	Bagley Icefield (portion) ⓘ Chitina River (portion) ⓘ Chugach Mountains ⓘ surface form: Chugach Mountains (portion) Copper River ⓘ surface form: Copper River (portion) Hubbard Glacier (portion) ⓘ Kennicott Glacier ⓘ Malaspina Glacier (portion) ⓘ Mount Blackburn ⓘ Mount Sanford ⓘ Mount St. Elias (U.S. portion) ⓘ Mount Wrangell ⓘ Nabesna Glacier ⓘ Nabesna River (portion) ⓘ Root Glacier ⓘ Yukon Ranges ⓘ surface form: St. Elias Mountains Wrangell Mountains ⓘ historic Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
designation	National Park and Preserve ⓘ
established	December 2, 1980 ⓘ
establishedBy	Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ
IUCNCategory	II ⓘ
knownFor	extensive glaciers ⓘ remote backcountry recreation ⓘ towering mountain ranges ⓘ vast wilderness ⓘ volcanic landscapes ⓘ
locatedIn	Alaska ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Southeastern Alaska ⓘ surface form: southeastern Alaska
nearestCity	Copper Center, Alaska ⓘ
offersActivity	backpacking ⓘ flightseeing ⓘ mountaineering ⓘ rafting ⓘ wildlife viewing ⓘ
partOf	Kluane National Park and Reserve ⓘ surface form: Kluane / Wrangell–St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek World Heritage Site United States National Park System ⓘ
state	Alaska ⓘ
superlative	largest national park in the United States ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear	1979 (as part of transboundary site, later extensions) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus	natural site ⓘ
wildlife	Ovis ⓘ surface form: Dall sheep caribou ⓘ grizzly bears ⓘ moose ⓘ mountain goats ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Copper River → basinIncludes → Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve ⓘ

Southcentral Alaska → contains → Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve (western portion)

National Preserves → example → Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve ⓘ

subject surface form: National preserve

this entity surface form: Wrangell–St. Elias National Preserve

Alaska → hasProtectedArea → Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve ⓘ

Alaska Range → hasProtectedArea → Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve ⓘ