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Cape Krusenstern National Monument
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Cape Krusenstern National Monument and the colocated Cape Krusenstern Archeological District is a U.S. National Monument and a National Historic Landmark centered on Cape Krusenstern in northwestern Alaska. The national monument is 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…
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Plants
Purple Bittercress
Cardamine purpurea (species)
10
Observations
JAN - DEC
Papaver lapponicum
SPECIES ·
“Lapland Poppy”
8
Observations
JAN - DEC
Papaver macounii
SPECIES ·
“Macoun's Poppy”
5
Observations
JAN - DEC
Oeder’s Lousewort
Pedicularis oederi (species)
5
Observations
JAN - DEC
Walpole’s Poppy
Papaver walpolei (species)
5
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
Muskox
Ovibos moschatus (species)
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
North American River Otter
Lontra canadensis (species),
“Northern River Otter”, “North American Otter”
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Bowhead Whale
Balaena mysticetus (species),
“Arctic Right Whale”, “Greenland Right Whale”, “Bowhead”
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Birds
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicus (species),
“Lapland Bunting”
199
Observations
JAN - DEC
Willow Ptarmigan
Lagopus lagopus (species),
“Willow Grouse”, “Red Grouse”, “Willow Grouse and Red Grouse”
184
Observations
JAN - DEC
Long-Tailed Jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudus (species),
“Long-Tailed Skua”
173
Observations
JAN - DEC
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus (species)
157
Observations
JAN - DEC
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianus (species),
“Whistling Swan”, “Bewick's Swan”
153
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Exechia unimaculata
SPECIES
5
Observations
JAN - DEC
Exechia similis
SPECIES
5
Observations
JAN - DEC
Exechia quadrata
SPECIES
5
Observations
JAN - DEC
Exechia micans
SPECIES
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
Exechia separata
SPECIES
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Taxonomy
Region
49
Protected Area
33
National Monument
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National Monument
Cape Krusenstern National Monument
Cape Krusenstern National Monument
Cape Krusenstern National Monument
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