Shishmaref

Shishmaref is a city in the , , United States. It is located on in the Chukchi Sea, just north of the and five miles from the mainland.
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  • Type: Village with 562 residents
  • Description: city and village in the Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States
  • Also known as: “Shishmaref, AK”, “Shishmaref, Alaska”, and “Shismaref”
  • Postal code: 99772

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shishmaref Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a state-owned public-use located one nautical mile south of the central business district of Shishmaref, a village in the of the U.S. state of .

Shishmaref

Latitude
66.25641° or 66° 15′ 23″ north
Longitude
-166.06293° or 166° 3′ 47″ west
Population
562
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
IATA airport code
SHH
United Nations Location Code
US SHH
Open location code
92RM7W4P+HR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150921240
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5874015
Wiki­data ID
Q79723
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Satellite Map

Discover Shishmaref from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Mari—“Shishmaref” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Shishmaref, Alaska”
  • Albanian: “Shishmaref”
  • Arabic: “شيشماريف”
  • Basque: “Qigiqtaq”
  • Basque: “Shishmaref”
  • Catalan: “Shishmaref”
  • Cebuano: “Shishmaref”
  • Central Kurdish: “شیشمارێک، ئالاسکا”
  • Chamorro: “Shishmaref”
  • Chechen: “Шишмарьов”
  • Chinese: “Shishmaref”
  • Chinese: “希什马廖夫”
  • Czech: “Shishmaref”
  • Danish: “Shishmaref”
  • Dutch: “Shishmaref”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شيشماريف”
  • French: “Shishmaref”
  • German: “Shishmaref”
  • Gilaki: “شیشمارف”
  • Haitian: “Shishmaref”
  • Hausa: “Shishmaref, Alaska”
  • Hungarian: “Shishmaref”
  • Indonesian: “Shishmaref, Alaska”
  • Indonesian: “Shishmaref”
  • Inuktitut: “ᕿᒋᖅᑕᖅ”
  • Inupiaq: “Qiġiqtaq”
  • Irish: “Shishmaref”
  • Italian: “Shishmaref”
  • Japanese: “シシュマレフ”
  • Japanese: “シュシュマレフ”
  • Korean: “쉬쉬메어프”
  • Korean: “시쉬마레프”
  • Korean: “시슈머레프”
  • Ladin: “Shishmaref”
  • Malagasy: “Shishmaref, Alaska”
  • Malagasy: “Shishmaref”
  • Malayalam: “ശിഷ്മാരെഫ്, അലാസ്ക”
  • Malayalam: “ശിഷ്മാരെഫ്”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Shishmaref”
  • Newari: “शिश्मारेफ (अलास्का)”
  • Newari: “शिश्मारेफ, अलास्का”
  • Newari: “शिश्मारेफ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shishmaref”
  • Norwegian: “Shishmaref”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Shishmaref”
  • Persian: “شیشمارف، آلاسکا”
  • Persian: “شیشمارف، الاسکا”
  • Persian: “شیشمارف”
  • Polish: “Shishmaref”
  • Portuguese: “Shishmaref”
  • Russian: “Шишмарёв”
  • Serbian: “Shishmaref”
  • Serbian: “Шишмареф”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Shishmaref, Alaska”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Shishmaref”
  • Slovak: “Shishmaref”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شیشمارف، آلاسکا”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شیشمارف”
  • Spanish: “Shishmaref (Alaska)”
  • Spanish: “Shishmaref”
  • Swedish: “Shishmaref”
  • Tatar: “Шишмарьов”
  • Turkish: “Shishmaref, Alaska”
  • Turkish: “Shishmaref”
  • Ukrainian: “Шишмарьов”
  • Uzbek: “Shishmaref”
  • Volapük: “Shishmaref”
  • Western Mari: “Шишмареф”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Sinrazat Shelter Cabin.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include American Lutheran Church and Native Village of Shishmaref Office.

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