Kobuk Valley Wilderness

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Kobuk Valley Wilderness
IUCN Category Ib (Wilderness Area)
Kobuk Valley Wilderness
Location Alaska, USA
Coordinates 67°11′″N 158°46′″W / <span class="geo-dec geo" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for Expression error: Unexpected / operator Expression error: Unexpected / operator">Expression error: Unexpected / operator, Expression error: Unexpected / operator
Area 174,545 acres (706 km²)
Established 1980
Governing body National Park Service

Kobuk Valley Wilderness is a wilderness area in Alaska, United States. It is part of the Kobuk Valley National Park. The wilderness lies 26 miles (42 km) north of the Arctic Circle and enclosed by the Baird and Waring Mountains, the climate has changed little (or not at all) since the late Pleistocene era. Remnant flora grow as reminders of the vast Arctic steppe tundra that once bridged present-day Alaska and Asia.

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