Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek
克卢恩/兰格尔-圣伊莱亚斯/冰川湾/塔琴希尼-阿尔塞克
🇮🇹 Canada,United States of America📅 1979 Inscribed
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These parks comprise an impressive complex of glaciers and high peaks on both sides of the border between Canada (Yukon Territory and British Columbia) and the United States (Alaska). The spectacular natural landscapes are home to many grizzly bears, caribou and Dall's sheep. The site contains the largest non-polar icefield in the world.
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One of the first transnational World Heritage Sites, this region contains the largest non-polar icefield in the world (98,391.21 km²), an area nearly the size of South Korea.
It is home to the world’s largest piedmont glacier and longest valley glaciers, as well as entire ecosystems shaped by ongoing glacial activity.
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