Glacier Bay Wilderness
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IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)
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Location | Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA |
Nearest city | Yakutat, Alaska |
Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Area | 2,664,876 acres (10,784 km2) |
Established | 1980 |
Governing body | National Park Service |
Glacier Bay Wilderness is a wilderness area in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. It consists of the park section of 3.28-million-acre (13,300 km2) Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. Surrounded by a spectacular, glaciated horseshoe rim of mountains, the bay is sheltered by the Fairweather Range to the west and the Saint Elias Mountains on the north. The highest peaks, topped by Mount Fairweather at 15,300 feet (4,700 m), stand almost three miles (5 km) above the sea and attract intrepid mountaineers. No trails exist, but backpacking is growing increasingly popular, often along numerous icy streams sometimes welcoming and sometimes choked with brush. Brown and black bears are numerous on shore. Firearms are not permitted in the park section.
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- IUCN Category Ib
- Protected areas of Hoonah–Angoon Census Area, Alaska
- Wilderness Areas of Alaska
- Protected areas of Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska
- Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
- Hoonah–Angoon Census Area, Alaska geography stubs
- Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska geography stubs
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- Western United States protected area stubs