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Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
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Tundra landscape in autumn at Cottonwood Creek, eastern Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, western Alaska, U.S. Lost Jim Lava Flow, southeastern Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, western Alaska, U.S. Granite tors (rock outcrops) at Serpentine Hot Springs, south-central Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, western Alaska, U.S. Musk oxen (Ovibos moschatus) Cape Espenberg
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Tundra landscape in autumn at Cottonwood Creek, eastern Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, western Alaska, U.S.
Tundra landscape in autumn at Cottonwood Creek, eastern Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, western Alaska, U.S.

Bering Land Bridge National Preserve

national preserve, Alaska, United States
Also known as: Bering Land Bridge National Monument
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Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, large natural area in northwestern Alaska, U.S. The national preserve occupies most of the northwestern and northern shore area of the Seward Peninsula, adjacent to the Bering Strait, the Chukchi Sea, and Kotzebue Sound. Its lands also extend southward into the east-central interior of the peninsula. It was proclaimed a national monument in 1978, and, in 1980, after undergoing boundary changes, it was redesignated a national preserve. It covers some...

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