Wrangel Island
Also known as Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve, Zapovednik Wrangel Island, Остров Врангеля заповедник
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (ix), (x).
Region
Europe and North America
Russia
Inscribed
2004
Area
1,916,000 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Wrangel Island is about 1520 km north-west of Fairbanks.
Nearest towns and cities
- Fairbanks · about 57,000 peopleabout 1520 km east
- Anchorage · about 260,000 peopleabout 1740 km south-east
- Palatka · about 21,000 peopleabout 1770 km south-west
- Magadan · about 95,000 peopleabout 1820 km south-west
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky · about 187,000 peopleabout 2260 km south-west
- Whitehorse · about 23,000 peopleabout 2290 km east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
No other World Heritage sites lie within 600 km.
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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