Bering Sea Wilderness

Bering Sea Wilderness

Infobox_protected_area | name = Bering Sea Wilderness
iucn_category = Ib



caption =
locator_x = 01
locator_y = 161
location = Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USA
nearest_city = Hooper Bay, Alaska
lat_degrees = 60
lat_minutes = 25
lat_seconds = 24
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 172
long_minutes = 42
long_seconds = 04
long_direction = W
area = convert|1300000|acre|km2|2|sign=off
established = 1980
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
governing_body = US Fish and Wildlife Service

Bering Sea Wilderness is a wilderness area in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is 81,340 acres (329 km²) in area and was designated by the United States Congress in 1970. It encompasses St. Matthew Island, Hall Island, and Pinnacle Island and is part of the larger Bering Sea unit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.

External links

* [http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&wname=Bering%20Sea%20Wilderness Wilderness.net - Bering Sea Wilderness]
* [http://www.recreation.gov/detail.cfm?ID=4498 Recreation.gov - Bering Sea Wilderness]


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