Noatak Wilderness

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Noatak Wilderness
IUCN Category Ib (Wilderness Area)
Noatak Wilderness
Location Alaska, USA
Coordinates 68°21′″N 159°35′″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 5,765,427 acres (23,332 km²)
Established 1980
Governing body National Park Service

Noatak Wilderness is a wilderness area in Alaska, United States. It is part of the Noatak National Preserve. Together with neighboring Gates of the Arctic Wilderness, Noatak National Preserve, more than 6.5 million acres (26,000 km²), protects almost the entirety of the largest untouched river basin in America, that of the Noatak River. All the preserve, except for about 700,000 acres (2,800 km²) around the village of Noatak, has been designated Wilderness.

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