Brooks Range

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The Brooks Range is a remote mountain range in northern Alaska known for its rugged peaks, Arctic landscapes, and largely untouched wilderness.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Brooks Range canonical 23
Brooks Range orogen 2
Brooks Range foothills 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range
climate Arctic
linked to: Arctic region

subarctic
continent North America
country United States
crossedBy Dalton Highway
Trans-Alaska Pipeline System
drainageDivide Arctic Ocean watershed
Yukon River watershed
linked to: Yukon River
easternExtension British Mountains
extendsFrom Chukchi Sea
extendsTo Canadian border
geologicalAge Mesozoic
Paleozoic
geology fold-and-thrust belt
highestElevation 2735 m
Mount Isto
about 8967 ft
highestPoint Mount Isto
humanAccess limited road access
inhabitedBy Dall sheep
linked to: Ovis

caribou
grizzly bears
muskoxen
wolves
knownFor Arctic landscapes
largely untouched ecosystems
remote wilderness
rugged peaks
length about 1100 km
about 700 miles
locatedIn Alaska
northern Alaska
majorRiverSource Colville River
Kobuk River
Noatak River
Sagavanirktok River
mountainSystem Rocky Mountains
notablePass Atigun Pass
orientation east–west
partOf Arctic region
protectedArea Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
Noatak National Preserve
recreationActivity backpacking
mountaineering
wilderness trekking
remoteness sparsely populated
traditionalHomelandOf Gwichʼin
linked to: Gwich’in

Iñupiat
linked to: Inuit
westernExtension De Long Mountains

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North American Cordillera contains Brooks Range
Alaska contains Brooks Range
Alaska hasMajorMountainRange Brooks Range
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve feature Brooks Range mountains
linked to: Brooks Range
Anaktuvuk Pass locatedIn Brooks Range
Anaktuvuk Pass mountainRange Brooks Range
British Mountains partOf Brooks Range
British Mountains geologicalProvince Brooks Range orogen
linked to: Brooks Range
Atigun Pass locatedIn Brooks Range
Atigun Pass mountainRange Brooks Range
Dalton Highway passesThrough Brooks Range
Noatak National Preserve contains Brooks Range
Noatak National Preserve contains Western Brooks Range
linked to: Brooks Range
Mount Isto locatedIn Brooks Range
Mount Isto mountainRange Brooks Range
Mount Isto isHighestPointOf Brooks Range
De Long Mountains partOf Brooks Range
De Long Mountains geologicalProvince Brooks Range orogen
linked to: Brooks Range
De Long Mountains near Brooks Range
Bettles nearbyFeature Brooks Range
Kobuk River sourceLocation Brooks Range
Northern Alaska contains Brooks Range
subject linked to: northern Alaska
Sagavanirktok River hasRegion Brooks Range foothills
linked to: Brooks Range
Noatak River sourceLocation Brooks Range
Koyukuk River sourceLocation Brooks Range