Back خليج ومحمية غليسر الوطنية Arabic Taman Nasional Celuk Glétser BAN Parc i Reserva Nacional de la Badia de les Glaceres Catalan Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve CEB Národní park Glacier Bay Czech Glacier Bay National Park Danish Glacier-Bay-Nationalpark German Nacia Parko Glacier Bay Esperanto Parque nacional y reserva de la Bahía de los Glaciares Spanish Glacier Bay rahvuspark Estonian

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)[1]
Johns Hopkins Glacier
Map showing the location of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Map showing the location of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Location in Alaska
Map showing the location of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Map showing the location of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Location in North America
LocationHoonah-Angoon Census Area and Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska, United States
Nearest cityJuneau
Coordinates58°30′N 137°00′W / 58.500°N 137.000°W / 58.500; -137.000
Area3,223,384 acres (13,044.57 km2)[2]
EstablishedDecember 2, 1980
Visitors545,758 (in 2022)[3]
Governing bodyNational Park Service
WebsiteGlacier Bay National Park & Preserve
Part ofKluane / Wrangell–St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek
CriteriaNatural: (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)
Reference72ter
Inscription1979 (3rd Session)
Extensions1992, 1994
The welcome sign to Glacier Bay seen by the road entrance.

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is an American national park located in Southeast Alaska west of Juneau. President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed the area around Glacier Bay a national monument under the Antiquities Act on February 26, 1925.[4] Subsequent to an expansion of the monument by President Jimmy Carter in 1978, the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) enlarged the national monument by 523,000 acres (817.2 sq mi; 2,116.5 km2) on December 2, 1980, and created Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.[5] The national preserve encompasses 58,406 acres (91.3 sq mi; 236.4 km2) of public land to the immediate northwest of the park, protecting a portion of the Alsek River with its fish and wildlife habitats, while allowing sport hunting.

Glacier Bay became part of a binational UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979, and was inscribed as a Biosphere Reserve in 1986. The National Park Service undertook an obligation to work with Hoonah and Yakutat Tlingit Native American organizations in the management of the protected area in 1994.[6] The park and preserve cover a total of 3,223,384 acres (5,037 sq mi; 13,045 km2), with 2,770,000 acres (4,328 sq mi; 11,210 km2) being designated as a wilderness area.[7]

  1. ^ "Protected Planet | Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  2. ^ "Listing of acreage – December 31, 2011" (XLSX). Land Resource Division, National Park Service. Retrieved 2012-03-06. (National Park Service Acreage Reports)
  3. ^ "NPS Annual Recreation Visits Report". National Park Service. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  4. ^ Lee, Robert F. "The Story of the Antiquities Act". National Park Service Archaeology Program. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012. Chapter 8
  5. ^ "Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act". Fish and Wildlife Service. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012. Title 2, section 202(1).
  6. ^ Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve (April 2010). "Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve Foundation Statement" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 January 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  7. ^ National Park Service Office of Public Affairs and Harpers Ferry Center (July 2009). "The National Parks: Index 2009–2011". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2012.

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