Kluane and Wrangell-St. Elias
Also known as Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek, Parcs nationaux de la frontière Alaska-Canada, Site de la frontière de l'Alaska
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (vii), (viii), (ix), (x).
Region
Europe and North America
Canada, United States
Inscribed
1979
Area
9,839,121 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Kluane and Wrangell-St. Elias is about 480 km east of Anchorage. The nearest other World Heritage site is Tr’ondëk-Klondike, about 330 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Whitehorse · about 23,000 peopleabout 320 km east
- Anchorage · about 260,000 peopleabout 480 km west
- Juneau · about 31,000 peopleabout 490 km south-east
- Fairbanks · about 57,000 peopleabout 530 km north-west
- Prince George · about 66,000 peopleabout 1350 km south-east
- Grand Prairie · about 41,000 peopleabout 1450 km east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
CanadaCultural328 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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