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Shishmaref
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city and village in the Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alaska
- Census area
- Nome
- Incorporated
- July 13, 1969
- Mayor
- Donna Barr
- State senator
- Donald Olson ( D )
- State rep
- Neal Foster (D)
- Total
- 7.27 sq mi (18.82 km )
- Land
- 2.34 sq mi (6.06 km )
- Water
- 4.93 sq mi (12.76 km )
- Elevation
- 16 ft (5 m)
- Density
- 246.3/sq mi (95.08/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-9 ( Alaska (AKST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-8 (AKDT)
- Fips code
- 02-69770
- Gnis feature id
- 1409434 , 2418855
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Shishmaref (/ˈʃɪʃmərɛf/ SHISH-mə-ref; Inupiaq: Qigiqtaq, IPA: [qixiqtaq] or Kigiqtaq; Russian: Шишмарёв, IPA: [ʂɨʂmɐˈrʲɵf]) is a city in the Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. It is located on Sarichef Island in the Chukchi Sea, just north of the Bering Strait and five miles from the mainland. Shishmaref lies within the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve. As of the 2020 census, Shishmaref had a population of 576.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shishmaref” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.