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Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve, Alaska

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Aerial view of a tall snowcapped mountain range

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December 1, 1978 and December 2, 1980: At 13.2 million acres, it is the largest park in the National Park System. The Chugach, Wrangell, St. Elias, and Alaska mountain rang es converge here in what is often referred to as the “mountain kingdom of North America.” The park has the continent’s largest assemblage of glaciers and the greatest collection of peaks above 16,000 feet, including Mount St. Elias.

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