Cape Krusenstern National Monument

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national monument

Cape Krusenstern National Monument is a remote coastal protected area in northwest Alaska known for its extensive series of beach ridges preserving thousands of years of Arctic human history and rich tundra and marine ecosystems.

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Label	Occurrences
Cape Krusenstern National Monument canonical	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national monument ⓘ
access	by boat in ice-free season ⓘ primarily by small aircraft ⓘ
administeredBy	National Park Service ⓘ
area	about 262600 hectares ⓘ about 649000 acres ⓘ
climate	Arctic NERFINISHED ⓘ
coManagedWith	Kobuk Valley National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Noatak National Preserve NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	historic Inupiat sites ⓘ prehistoric village sites ⓘ thousands of archaeological sites ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalRegion	Inupiat traditional homeland ⓘ
designation	National Monument of the United States ⓘ
established	1978-12-01 ⓘ
establishedBy	Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody	National Park Service ⓘ surface form: U.S. National Park Service
hasEcosystemType	Arctic tundra ⓘ barrier beach ⓘ coastal lagoon ⓘ wetlands ⓘ
hasFeature	barrier islands ⓘ lagoons ⓘ salt marshes ⓘ series of beach ridges ⓘ tundra plains ⓘ
IUCNCategory	III ⓘ
knownFor	Arctic coastal ecosystems ⓘ archaeological sites spanning thousands of years ⓘ extensive beach ridge complex ⓘ
locatedIn	Alaska ⓘ Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	northwest Alaska ⓘ
locatedOn	Arctic Ocean coast ⓘ Chukchi Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearestCity	Kotzebue, Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	National Park System NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Arctic Parklands administrative unit NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryIndigenousGroup	Inupiat NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportsSpecies	brown bears ⓘ caribou ⓘ migratory birds ⓘ muskoxen ⓘ polar bears ⓘ seals ⓘ walrus ⓘ
timeDepthOfHumanUse	over 5000 years ⓘ

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

Noatak National Preserve → adjacentTo → Cape Krusenstern National Monument ⓘ

northern Alaska → hasProtectedArea → Cape Krusenstern National Monument ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Alaska