Bluff
Bluff, also known as Agookauchuk, was a 20th-century mining town in Nome Census Area, Alaska. It was built at the mouth of Daniels Creek on the north shore of Norton Sound on the Seward Peninsula in the summer of 1900, as a result of the Nome Gold Rush.
Beverly Bennett Dobbs, No restrictions.- Hamlet
- …lies at an elevation of around 50 feet (20 metres)
- Description: 20th-century mining town in Alaska
- Also known as“Agookauchuk”“Apookauchuk”“Bluff City”“Bluff, Alaska”
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Latitude
64.57278° or 64° 34′ 22″ north
Longitude
-163.75417° or 163° 45′ 15″ west
Open location code
92PRH6FW+48
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Irish—“Bluff” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Bluff”
- Irish: “Bluff”
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