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Gates of the Arctic National Park

Gates of the Arctic National Park is a national park in . It is the northernmost US national park, lying entirely north of the Arctic Circle, and the second largest—at 13,238 sq mi it is roughly the size of Switzerland or !
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: national park of the United States
  • Also known as: “GAAR” and “Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve”
Photo: Mudflattop, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gates of the Arctic National Park

Latitude
67.7968° or 67° 47′ 49″ north
Longitude
-153.3098° or 153° 18′ 35″ west
Elevation
4,547 feet (1,386 metres)
Open location code
93V8QMWR+P3
Geo­Names ID
5862724
Wiki­data ID
Q605657
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Gates of the Arctic National Park” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محمية ومتنزه بوابات القطب الشمالي الوطنية”
  • Asturian: “Parque y Reserva Nacionales de les Puertes del Árticu”
  • Balinese: “Taman Nasional miwah Cagar Palemahan Gerbang Arktik”
  • Balinese: “Taman Nasional miwah Cagar Palemahan Lawang Arktik”
  • Bashkir: “Гейтс-оф-те-Арктик”
  • Basque: “Artikoko Ateen Parke Nazionala eta Babesgunea”
  • Belarusian: “Гейтс-оф-тэ-Арктык”
  • Bulgarian: “Порти на Арктика”
  • Bulgarian: “Портите на Арктика”
  • Catalan: “Parc i Reserva Nacionals de les Portes de l’Àrtida”
  • Cebuano: “Gates of the Arctic National Park”
  • Chinese: “北极门国家公园和保护区”
  • Chinese: “北極門國家公園和保護區”
  • Chinese: “北極門國家公園暨保護區”
  • Croatian: “Gates of the Arctic, Nacionalni park”
  • Croatian: “Nacionalni park Gates of the Arctic”
  • Czech: “Národní park Gates of the Arctic”
  • Danish: “Gates of the Arctic National Park”
  • Dutch: “Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve”
  • Dutch: “Gates of the Arctic Wilderness”
  • Esperanto: “Nacia Parko Pordego de la Arkto”
  • Finnish: “Gates of the Arctic”
  • Finnish: “Gates of the Arcticin kansallispuisto”
  • French: “parc national et réserve des Gates of the Arctic”
  • French: “Parc national et réserve des Gates of the Arctic”
  • French: “parc national et réserve Gates of the Arctic”
  • French: “Parc national Gates of the Arctic”
  • Galician: “Parque Nacional e Reserva Gates of the Arctic”
  • German: “Gates Of The Arctic National Park and Preserve”
  • German: “Gates of the Arctic National Park”
  • German: “Gates-of-the-Arctic-Nationalpark”
  • Hebrew: “הפארק הלאומי שערי האזור הארקטי”
  • Hungarian: “Gates of the Arctic Nemzeti Park”
  • Icelandic: “Gates of the Arctic-þjóðgarðurinn og verndarsvæði”
  • Italian: “parco nazionale e riserva Gates of the Arctic”
  • Italian: “Parco nazionale e riserva Gates of the Arctic”
  • Japanese: “ゲート・オブ・アークティック国立公園”
  • Japanese: “北極圏の扉国立公園”
  • Korean: “게이츠오브더아크틱 국립공원 및 보호구”
  • Lithuanian: “Arkties Vartų nacionalinis parkas”
  • Macedonian: “Национален парк Порти на Арктикот”
  • Malayalam: “ഗേറ്റ്സ് ഒഫ് ദി ആർട്ടിക് ദേശീയോദ്യാനം”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gates of the Arctic nasjonalpark”
  • Norwegian: “Gates of the Arctic nasjonalpark”
  • Persian: “پارک و منطقه حفاظت شده ملی دروازه های شمالگان”
  • Persian: “پارک و منطقهٔ حفاظت شدهٔ ملی دروازه های شمالگان”
  • Persian: “پارک و منطقه حفاظت شده ملی دروازه‌های شمالگان”
  • Persian: “شکارگاه و پارک ملی دروازه های قطب”
  • Polish: “Park Narodowy Gates of the Arctic”
  • Portuguese: “Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve”
  • Portuguese: “Parque Nacional e Reserva Gates of the Arctic”
  • Portuguese: “Parque Nacional e Reserva Portas do Ártico”
  • Russian: “Ворота Арктики”
  • Russian: “Гейтс-оф-те-Арктик”
  • Serbian: “Nacionalni park i rezervat Kapije Arktika”
  • Slovak: “Národný park Gates of the Arctic”
  • Slovenian: “Narodni park Vrata Arktike”
  • Spanish: “Parque nacional Puertas del Artico”
  • Spanish: “Parque nacional y reserva Puertas del Artico”
  • Spanish: “Parque nacional y reserva Puertas del Ártico”
  • Spanish: “Parque y Reserva Nacional Puertas del Artico”
  • Spanish: “Parque y Reserva Nacional Puertas del Ártico”
  • Swedish: “Gates of the Arctic nationalpark”
  • Swedish: “Gates of the Arctic”
  • Turkish: “Arktika Kapıları Millî Parkı ve Koruma Alanı”
  • Turkish: “Gates of the Arctic Ulusal Parkı”
  • Ukrainian: “Гейтс-оф-зе-Арктик”
  • Ukrainian: “Гейтс-оф-те-Арктик”
  • Urdu: “گیٹ آف آرکٹک نیشنل پارک”
  • Vietnamese: “Vườn quốc gia và khu bảo tồn Cổng Bắc Cực”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kaganghaan han Nasodnon nga Parke ngan Reserba han Artiko”
  • Wu Chinese: “北极们国家公园搭保护区”
  • Yue Chinese: “北極門國家公園暨保護區”

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