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Norton Sound in Nome Borough AK

Norton Sound, Nome Borough, Alaska

Norton Sound is a physical feature (sea) in Nome Borough.

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Feature Name:	Norton Sound
Category:	Alaska physical, cultural and historic features
Feature Type:	Physical
Class:	Sea
Description:	Incomplete record - should be at least 64 maps, LATLONGs truncated in PH I by GIPSY - 9512. Extends E off Bering Sea, between Seward Peninsula on N and Yukon Delta on S.
History:	Discovered in 1778 by Captain Cook (1785, p. 485), Royal Navy (RN), and named by him in honour of Sir Fletcher Norton (later Lord Grantley), Speaker of the House of Commons.
Borough:	Nome Borough
Latitude:	64.4011001587
Longitude:	-165.017822266

Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Norton Sound: Norton Sound.

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