Kluane / Wrangell–St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek

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'''Kluane / Wrangell–St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek''' is an international park system located in Canada and the United States, at the border of Yukon, Alaska and British Columbia. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994 for the spectacular glacier and icefield landscapes as well as for the importance of grizzly bears, caribou and Dall sheep habitat. The total area of the site is 98,391.21 km2, which is just smaller than the country of South Korea at 100,339 km2. It is home to a number of notable landforms, including the world's largest non-polar icefield; the largest piedmont glacier in the world, Malaspina Glacier; the world's longest interior valley glacier, Nabesna Glacier; as well as Canada's highest peak and North America's second-highest peak, Mount Logan, at 5,959 m (19,551 ft).

Park system

The international system comprises parks located in two countries and three administrative regions:

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