Cape Krusenstern National Monument and Archeological District

Cape Krusenstern National Monument and Archeological District

infobox nrhp2
name = Cape Krusenstern
nhl=yes
nmon=yes


caption = Cape Krusenstern
locmapin = Alaska
map_caption =
lat_degrees = 67
lat_minutes = 24
lat_seconds = 48
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 163
long_minutes = 30
long_seconds = 01
long_direction = W
area = 649,085 acres (2,626 km²)
location = Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
nearest_city = Kotzebue, AK
built =
architect =
architecture =
added =
added = November 07, 1973cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
established_nmon =December 1, 1978
designated_nhl = November 07, 1973cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1321&ResourceType=Site
title=Cape Krusenstern Archeological District |accessdate=2008-07-03|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = National Park Service
refnum = 73000378

Cape Krusenstern National Monument and the colocated Cape Krusenstern Archeological District is a U.S. National Monument and a National Historic Landmark [ [http://www.nps.gov/akso/CR/AKRCultural/CulturalMain/2ndLevel/NHL/NHLCapeKrusenstern.htm NHL Documentation] ] centered on Cape Krusenstern in northwestern Alaska.

Founded on December 1, 1978, it is made up mainly of a coastal plain, containing large lagoons and rolling hills of limestone. The bluffs record thousands of years of change in the shorelines of the Chukchi Sea, as well as evidence of some 9,000 years of human habitation.

The archeological district comprises 114 ancient beach ridges which formed approximately 60 years apart. They provide a rare sequential look at over 5000 years of inhabitation.

The area in the National Historic Landmark District is vast, making this one of the very largest NHLs in the U.S., along with the Adirondack Park.cite web|url=http://www.montanastandard.com/articles/2006/04/27/newsbutte/hjjdjfhcjiibef.txt|title=Interior secretary approves district expansion |author=Roberta Forsell Stauffer |date=2007-04-27|accessdate=2007-11-01|work=Newspaper article on expansion of National Historic Landmark Butte-Anaconda Historic District|publisher=The Montana Standard (newspaper)]

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External links

* [http://www.nps.gov/cakr/index.htm NPS web page on the site]


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