Wrangell–Saint Elias Wilderness
Wrangell–Saint Elias Wilderness is a wilderness area located in southeastern Alaska in the United States. At, the Wrangell–Saint Elias Wilderness is the largest designated U.S. Wilderness Area. The wilderness lies within Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve, the largest national park in the United States.
The wilderness contains the most extensive glaciation in Alaska, nine of North America's 16 highest peaks, the 90-mile-long and 4,000-foot-thick Bagley Icefield, and the Malaspina Glacier, which spreads 50 percent larger than the state of Delaware.
The wilderness area is part of the Kluane / Wrangell–St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek international park system, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, located in Canada and the U.S.
The wilderness is home to many animals, including Dall sheep, grizzly bears, black bears, coyotes, bison, caribou, wolverines, moose, beavers, mountain goats, gray wolves, red foxes, and marmots.
