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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. Gates of the Arctic has no trails, roads. That's partly why the park is so special.
The smaller Central Arctic herd (32,000 in 2002), as well as the 123,000 animal Porcupine Caribou herd, likewise migrate through the Brooks range on their annual journeys in and out of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The migration path of the Porcupine Caribou herd is the longest of any terrestrial mammal on earth.
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]
The Alatna River [pronunciation?] is a federally designated wild and scenic river partially contained within the boundaries of Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska. Geography [ edit ]
The Western Arctic National Parklands describes four United States National Park Service units in western Alaska that are managed by a single park superintendent and their staff. The western Arctic parklands are Kobuk Valley National Park , Noatak National Preserve , Cape Krusenstern National Monument , and Bering Land Bridge National Preserve .
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.
Mount Kiev is the highest point in the Endicott Mountains which are a subrange of the Brooks Range. [1] It is set five miles (8.0 km) west of the Dalton Highway on the northeast boundary of Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve.