Nome region of Alaska

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The Nome region of Alaska is a remote area on the southern Seward Peninsula along the Bering Sea coast, centered on the historic gold rush town of Nome and known for its Indigenous communities, subsistence lifestyle, and role as the finish line of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

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Nome region of Alaska canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region ⓘ
region ⓘ
accessDifficulty remote ⓘ
borderedBy Bering Sea ⓘ
centeredOn Nome, Alaska ⓘ
climate subarctic maritime climate ⓘ
connectedBy Iditarod Trail ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
governedAs part of Nome Census Area ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Norton Sound ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice salmon fishing ⓘ
subsistence seal hunting ⓘ
subsistence whaling in some coastal communities ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity commercial fishing ⓘ
gold mining ⓘ
subsistence hunting and fishing ⓘ
tourism related to Iditarod finish ⓘ
tourism related to gold rush history ⓘ
hasEvent Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race finish ⓘ
hasIndigenousPeople Inupiat ⓘ
linked to: Inuit

Yupik ⓘ
hasInfrastructure Nome Airport ⓘ
hasMajorSettlement Nome, Alaska ⓘ
hasNaturalFeature permafrost ⓘ
tundra ⓘ
hasNaturalResource gold ⓘ
marine mammals ⓘ
hasWildlife brown bear ⓘ
caribou ⓘ
moose ⓘ
seals ⓘ
walrus ⓘ
historicalEvent Nome Gold Rush ⓘ
knownFor Indigenous communities ⓘ
finish line of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race ⓘ
historic gold rush history ⓘ
subsistence lifestyle ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Inupiaq ⓘ
Yupik ⓘ
locatedAlong Bering Sea coast ⓘ
locatedIn Alaska ⓘ
locatedOn Seward Peninsula ⓘ
nearestLargeWaterBody Bering Sea ⓘ
partOf Northwestern Alaska ⓘ
linked to: northwestern Alaska
populationCharacteristic sparsely populated ⓘ
timeZone Alaska Time Zone ⓘ
transportationMode boat ⓘ
small aircraft ⓘ
snowmachine ⓘ

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Nome Census Area → locatedIn → Nome region of Alaska ⓘ