Wales, Alaska

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Wales, Alaska is a small Inupiat village located at the western tip of the Seward Peninsula, known as one of the westernmost settlements on mainland North America.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Wales, Alaska canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ
village ⓘ
areaCode 907 ⓘ
borderedBy Chukchi Sea ⓘ
borough Nome Census Area ⓘ
climate subarctic climate ⓘ
coordinateLocation approximately 65.609°N 168.087°W ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
distanceToRussia approximately 55 miles across the Bering Strait ⓘ
elevation approximately 8 meters above sea level ⓘ
ethnicGroup Iñupiat ⓘ
linked to: Coastal Iñupiat
featureClass populated place ⓘ
FIPSCode 02-82740 ⓘ
hasSchool Wales school (Bering Strait School District) ⓘ
indigenousLanguage Iñupiaq ⓘ
locatedAt western tip of the Seward Peninsula ⓘ
locatedIn Seward Peninsula ⓘ
Western Alaska ⓘ
linked to: northwestern Alaska
locatedOn Bering Strait ⓘ
mainland North America ⓘ
nearbyCountry Russia ⓘ
notableCharacteristic one of the westernmost settlements on mainland North America ⓘ
traditional Iñupiat village ⓘ
population approximately 150 people (early 21st century) ⓘ
postalCode 99783 ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivities fishing ⓘ
subsistence hunting ⓘ
whaling ⓘ
state Alaska ⓘ
timeZone Alaska Standard Time ⓘ
linked to: Alaska Time Zone
timeZoneDST Alaska Daylight Time ⓘ
transportation no road connection to Alaska highway system ⓘ
served by small aircraft ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Nome Census Area → contains → Wales, Alaska ⓘ
Seward Peninsula → contains → Wales, Alaska ⓘ
Cape Prince of Wales → nearbySettlement → Wales, Alaska ⓘ