Denali  Park

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Denali

 

map of the park
(taken from the cover of the cold lunch packet)

Denali National Park and Preserve, central Alaska, established as Mount McKinley National Park in 1917, redesignated in 1980. The park encompasses a scenic region of the Alaska Range and contains Mount McKinley, or Denali, the highest peak in North America, at 6,194 m (20,320 ft). Numerous active glaciers continue to shape a landscape of broad, U-shaped valleys and small kettle lakes. Most of the park lies above the timberline, where vegetation is mainly lichens, mosses, and sedges. The park's plentiful wildlife includes caribou, moose, brown bear, timber wolf, and the mountain-dwelling Dall sheep. Area, 2,458,509 hectares (6,075,107 acres).

Text from Microsoft Encarta

 

entry roadway

 

valley

 

a braided river

 

higher area

 

warning!

 

sheep

 

Caribou

 

male Caribou in the braided river

 

high vegetation

 

two Grizzly bears on an ice patch

 

a closer view

 

Mt. McKinley as seen from the park in 2003
(peaks seen in the clouds)

Other views of the peak



Kantishna

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