Seward Peninsula is a physical feature (cape) in Nome (CA) Borough. The primary coordinates for Seward Peninsula places it within the 99762 ZIP Code delivery area.
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Feature Name: | Seward Peninsula |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Cape |
Description: | Incomplete record - should be at least 98 maps, LATLONGs truncated in PH I by GIPSY - 9512. Extends W from line between heads of Eschscholtz Bay and Norton Bay; bounded on S by Norton Sound, on N by Chukchi Sea, and W by Bering Strait. |
History: | "About 1898 Governor John Green Brady suggested the peninsula be named in compliment to William Henry Seward, 1801-72. See Seward. Dall (1870, p. 268) wrote of this peninsula: ""it is proposed to call the (it) Kavia k Peninsula from the native name of Kavi-iak and the Kaviak Inniut who inhabit it."" The names ""Sumner Peninsula"" and ""Nome Peninsula"" were published in 1900, but were not used subsequently." |
Borough: | Nome (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 65.3333358765 |
Longitude: | -164.25 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Seward Peninsula: Seward Peninsula.
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 Seward Peninsula does not include property ownership information.
Dahl, AK (13.5 miles W) |