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Kluane National Park and Reserve

National Park

Kluane National Park and Reserve occupies the southwest corner of Yukon, Canada. It was established as a national park reserve in 1972, and an eastern portion became a full national park on May 29, 1993, together protecting about 22,013 square kilometers, of which glaciers and icefields cover roughly 83 percent. The park includes Mount Logan, at 5,959 meters the highest mountain in Canada, and forms part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site recognized for its glacier and icefield landscapes. It provides habitat for grizzly bears, caribou, and Dall sheep amid its mountainous terrain.

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Classification
Governance Type
Governance by Government 1
Realm
Terrestrial 1
International Designation
UNESCO World Heritage Site 1
Governing Body
Governing Body (category)
Parks Canada 1
Governing Body
Parks Canada 1
FAQs

Is Kluane National Park and Reserve a World Heritage Site on its own?

It is part of a shared Canada and United States World Heritage Site that holds the largest non-polar icefield in the world.

No. Kluane is one of several parks that UNESCO lists together as a single World Heritage Site named Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek. The site lies on both sides of the border between Canada and the United States, takes in glaciers and high peaks, and contains the largest non-polar icefield in the world.
Sources
1. Kluane National Park and Reserve (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Kluane National Park and Reserve (; French: Parc national et réserve de parc national de Kluane) are two protected areas in the southwest corner of the territory of Yukon.
  • Wikipedia infobox, governing_body field
    Parks Canada
  • entity-description, international-designation unesco-world-heritage-site
    The park includes Mount Logan, at 5,959 meters the highest mountain in Canada, and forms part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site recognized for its glacier and icefield landscapes.
  • Wikipedia infobox, governance-type government
    Parks Canada
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Wikidata: Kluane National Park and Reserve
Wikidata Q738582, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Wikidata: Canada
On Continent: North America, Wikidata item for Canada, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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