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Wrangell - St Elias National Park & Preserve
Mount St. Elias - Was'eitushaa
- Type: Place
Mount St. Elias is the tallest mountain in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. Rising to an elevation of 18,008 feet (5,489 m) above Icy Bay, it is the second tallest peak in both the United States and Canada and fourth tallest in North America.
National Mall and Memorial Parks
Nuns of the Battlefield Memorial
- Type: Place
Erected in 1924, this monument honors the nuns who nursed sick and wounded soldiers during the American Civil War. The winged figures on the sides of the memorial represent patriotism and peace.
- Type: Article
2018 Resource brief about monitoring sensitive plant communities found on nunataks in Southwest Alaska.
Yellowstone National Park
Nowcasting & Forecasting Fire Severity in Yellowstone
- Type: Article
Climb any mountain in the spring, and you will find that Yellowstone National Park (YNP) is made almost entirely in shades of green. Many grayish-blue peaks encircle the far horizon; but in the park itself, only a few nunatak mountains push up pinpoints of bare rock. Thick, green forests cover 80% of the landscape. Grassy valleys and sagebrush fill in most of the rest (Despain 1990). Yellowstone is defined by its plants...
Geologic Resources Division
Nunataks, Arêtes, and Horns
- Type: Article
Nunataks, arêtes, and horns are the result of glacial erosion in areas where multiple glaciers flow in multiple directions. When the ice is present, they form stark, rocky outcrops above it, adding to the beauty of these harsh landscapes. Once the ice retreats, these uniquely-shaped features provide clear evidence of past glacier flow
- Type: Article
Past glaciers have created a variety of landforms that we see in National Parks today.