Mollie Beattie Wilderness IUCN category Ib (wilderness area) Map of the United States Location| Arctic National Wildlife Refuge North Slope Borough / Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA Nearest city| Kaktovik, Alaska Coordinates| 69°00′53″N 143°12′50″W / 69.01472°N 143.21389°W / 69.01472; -143.21389Coordinates: 69°00′53″N 143°12′50″W / 69.01472°N 143.21389°W / 69.01472; -143.21389 Area| 8,000,000 acres (3,200,000 ha) Established| 1980 (1980) Governing body| United States Fish and Wildlife Service The Mollie Beattie Wilderness is located in the northeastern section of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It is the second-largest designated wilderness area in the United States, after the Wrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness. It has an area of approximately 8,000,000 acres (3,200,000 ha), and comprises over 40 percent of the area of Arctic NWR. Its territory is centered about a part of the Brooks Range that contains a combination of arctic, subarctic, and alpine ecosystems. Animal life is abundant, including that of large mammals such as brown bears, moose, caribou, musk oxen, and (offshore) polar bears and numerous species of whales and seals.[1] The wilderness is named after conservationist Mollie Beattie, the first female director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. ## See also[edit] * List of largest wilderness areas in the United States ## References[edit] 1. ^ Mollie Beattie Wilderness Archived 2012-10-16 at the Wayback Machine Wilderness.net ## External links[edit] * Map of Mollie Beattie Wilderness Wilderness.net * v * t * e Protected areas of Alaska Federal| | National Parks| * Denali * Gates of the Arctic * Glacier Bay * Katmai * Kenai Fjords * Kobuk Valley * Lake Clark * Wrangell–St. Elias | National Historical Parks| * Klondike Gold Rush * Sitka National Monuments| * Admiralty Island (USFS) * Aleutian Islands World War II (FWS) * Aniakchak * Cape Krusenstern * Misty Fiords (USFS) National Preserves| * Bering Land Bridge * Noatak * Yukon–Charley Rivers National Wildlife Refuges| * Alaska Maritime * Alaska Peninsula * Arctic * Becharof * Innoko * Izembek * Kanuti * Kenai * Kodiak * Koyukuk * Nowitna * Selawik * Tetlin * Togiak * Yukon Delta * Yukon Flats National Forests| * Chugach * Tongass Forest Service units| * Mendenhall Glacier U.S. Wilderness Areas| * Aleutian Islands * Andreafsky * Becharof * Bering Sea * Bogoslof * Chamisso * Chuck River * Coronation Island * Denali * Endicott River * Forrester Island * Gates of the Arctic * Glacier Bay * Hazy Islands * Innoko * Izembek * Karta River * Katmai * Kenai * Kobuk Valley * Kootznoowoo * Koyukuk * Kuiu * Lake Clark * Maurille Islands * Misty Fjords * Mollie Beattie * Noatak * Nunivak * Petersburg Creek–Duncan Salt Chuck * Pleasant/Lemusurier/Inian Islands * Russell Fjord * Saint Lazaria * Selawik * Semidi * Simeonof * South Baranof * South Etolin * South Prince of Wales * Stikine-LeConte * Tebenkof Bay * Togiak * Tracy Arm-Fords Terror * Tuxedni * Unimak * Warren Island * West Chichagof-Yakobi * Wrangell–Saint Elias Wild and Scenic Rivers| * Alagnak * Alatna * Andreafsky * Aniakchak * Beaver Creek * Birch Creek * Charley * Chilikadrotna * Delta * Fortymile * Gulkana * Ivishak * John * Kobuk * North Fork Koyukuk * Mulchatna * Noatak * Nowitna * Salmon * Selawik * Sheenjek * Tinayguk * Tlikakila * Unalakleet * Wind National Conservation Area| * Steese State| | State Parks| * Afognak Island * Chilkat * Chugach * Denali * Kachemak Bay * Point Bridget * Shuyak Island * Full list of all state parks, recreation areas and sites, historic parks and sites, and marine parks * Wood-Tikchik | State Forests| * Haines * Southeast * Tanana Valley Alaska Department of Natural Resources Authority control General| * VIAF * 1 * WorldCat (via VIAF) National libraries| * Israel * United States This article about a location in the North Slope Borough, Alaska is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | * v * t * e This article about a location in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | * v * t * e This article related to a protected area in Alaska is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | * v * t * e *[v]: View this template *[t]: Discuss this template *[e]: Edit this template