Alaska Gazetteer
Fairway Rock is a physical feature (island) in Nome (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Fairway Rock |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | In Bering Strait, 10 mi SE of Little Diomede Island and 18 mi W of Cape Prince of Wales, at the W end of Seward Peninsula. |
| History: | "So named in 1826 by Captain Beechey, Royal Navy (RN), (1831, p. 246) because ""it is an excellent guide to the eastern channel, which is the widest and best."" Beechey recorded its Eskimo name as ""Oo-ghee-ak"" on his chart and as ""Ooghe-eyak"" in his text (p. 637)." |
| Borough: | Nome (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 65.6263885498 |
| Longitude: | -168.841659546 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Fairway Rock: Fairway Rock.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Fairway Rock does not include property ownership information.
