| Cape Krusenstern National Monument | |
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IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) | |
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| Location | Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, United States |
| Nearest city | Kotzebue, Alaska |
| Coordinates | 67°20′N 163°35′W / 67.333°N 163.583°W |
| Area | 649,082 acres (2,626.74 km2)[1] |
| Created | December 2, 1980 |
| Visitors | 15,087 (in 2018)[2] |
| Governing body | National Park Service |
| Website | Cape Krusenstern National Monument |
Cape Krusenstern Archeological District National Monument | |
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
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| Location | Address restricted[4] |
| Nearest city | Kotzebue, Alaska |
| NRHP reference No. | 73000378[3] |
| AHRS No. | NOA-042 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 7, 1973 |
| Designated NHL | November 7, 1973[5] |
Cape Krusenstern National Monument and the colocated Cape Krusenstern Archeological District is a U.S. National Monument and a National Historic Landmark[6] centered on Cape Krusenstern in northwestern Alaska. The national monument was one of fifteen new National Park Service units designated by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) of 1980. It was initially declared a national monument under the authority of the Antiquities Act by President Jimmy Carter on December 1, 1978.
Cape Krusenstern is primarily 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. The park's central features, 114 beach ridges at the eponymous cape, alternate between sandy and gravelly ridges and narrow ponds. Located entirely above the Arctic Circle in a region of permafrost, the monument's lands include typical thermokarst features.
- ^ "Listing of acreage – December 31, 2011" (XLSX). Land Resource Division, National Park Service. Retrieved March 23, 2012. (National Park Service Acreage Reports)
- ^ "NPS Annual Recreation Visits Report". National Park Service. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Federal and state laws and practices restrict general public access to information regarding the specific location of this resource. In some cases, this is to protect archeological sites from vandalism, while in other cases it is restricted at the request of the owner. See: Knoerl, John; Miller, Diane; Shrimpton, Rebecca H. (1990), Guidelines for Restricting Information about Historic and Prehistoric Resources, National Register Bulletin, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, OCLC 20706997.
- ^ "Cape Krusenstern Archeological District". Archived from the original on October 7, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
- ^ NHL Documentation