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Cape Krusenstern National Monument
A remote Arctic coastal monument in northwestern Alaska known for its long record of human settlement on beach ridges.
Kotzebue, AK
About Cape Krusenstern National Monument
Cape Krusenstern National Monument protects roughly 560,000 acres of Arctic coast and upland terrain in northwestern Alaska. Its numbered beach ridges, built up by storm waves over time, hold evidence of people living on the cape for more than 5,000 years. The Iñupiaq people continue to rely on the land and waters through subsistence practices. Visitors find a treeless, remote landscape of lagoons and rolling limestone hills, plus strong birding during the summer breeding season. The park headquarters and a museum are based in Kotzebue, where the Northwest Arctic Heritage Center offers park information.
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