Cape Krusenstern National Monument

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Cape Krusenstern National Monument
IUCN Category III (Natural Monument)
Cape Krusenstern National Monument
Location Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
Nearest city Kotzebue, AK
Coordinates 67°24′48″N 163°30′01″W / 67.41333, -163.50028
Area 649,085 acres (2,626 km²)
Established December 1, 1978
Governing body National Park Service

Cape Krusenstern National Monument is a U.S. National Monument 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.

Cape Krusenstern National Monument
Cape Krusenstern National Monument


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