- Mollie Beattie Wilderness
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Mollie Beattie Wilderness IUCN Category Ib (Wilderness Area)Map of the United States
Location Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Nearest city Kaktovik, Alaska Coordinates 69°00′53″N 143°12′50″W / 69.01472°N 143.21389°WCoordinates: 69°00′53″N 143°12′50″W / 69.01472°N 143.21389°W Area 8,000,000 acres (3,200,000 ha) Established 1980 Governing body United States Fish and Wildlife Service The Mollie Beattie Wilderness is located in the northeastern section of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It is the second-largest designated wilderness area in the United States, after the Wrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness. It has an area of approximately 8,000,000 acres (3,200,000 ha), and comprises over 40 percent of the area of Arctic NWR. Its territory is centered about a part of the Brooks Range that contains a combination of arctic, subarctic, and alpine ecosystems. Animal life is abundant, including that of large mammals such as brown bears, moose, caribou, musk oxen, and (offshore) polar bears and numerous species of whales and seals.[1] The wilderness is named after conservationist Mollie Beattie, the first female director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
See also
- List of largest wilderness areas in the United States
External links
- Map of Mollie Beattie Wilderness Wilderness.net
References
- ^ Mollie Beattie Wilderness Wilderness.net
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Aleutian Islands • Andreafsky • Becharof • Bering Sea • Bogoslof • Chamisso • Chuck River • Coronation Island • Denali • Endicott River • Forrester Island • Gates of the Artic • Glacier Bay • Hazy Islands • Innoko • Izembek • Karta River • Katmai • Kenai • Kobuk Valley • Kootznoowoo • Koyukuk • Kuiu • Lake Clark • Maurille Islands • Misty Fjords • Mollie Beattie • Noatak • Nunivak • Petersburg Creek-Duncan Salt Chuck • Pleasant/Lemusurier/Inian Islands • Russell Fjord • Saint Lazaria • Selawik • Semidi • Simeonof • South Baranof • South Etolin • South Prince of Wales • Stikine-LeConte • Tebenkof Bay • Togiak • Tracy Arm-Fords Terror • Tuxedni • Unimak • Warren Island • West Chichagof-Yakobi • Wrangell-Saint Elias
Steese National Conservation AreaState Afognak Island State Park • Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve • Baranof Castle Hill State Historic Site • Birch Lake State Recreation Site • Chena River State Recreation Area • Chena River State Recreation Site • Chugach State Park • Deep Creek State Recreation Area • Denali State Park • Kachemak Bay State Park • Wood-Tikchik State Park
Haines • Tanana Valley
Categories:- IUCN Category Ib
- Protected areas of North Slope Borough, Alaska
- Wilderness Areas of Alaska
- Geography of Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska
- Brooks Range
- Protected areas of Unorganized Borough, Alaska
- Northern Alaska geography stubs
- Interior Alaska geography stubs
- Alaska geography stubs
- Western United States protected area stubs
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