Tin City
Tin City is an abandoned town except for a nearby minimally staffed radar station, in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is situated at the mouth of Cape Creek, on the Bering Sea coast, 5 miles southeast of Cape Prince of Wales on the Seward Peninsula.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Alaska, United States of America
- Also known as: “Tin City, Alaska”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tin City LRRS Airport.
Tin City LRRS Airport
Aerodrome
Tin City LRRS Airport is a military airport located one nautical mile east of the historic location of Tin City, in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is owned by the U.S. Air Force.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wales.
Wales
Village
Wales is a city in the Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Wales had a population of 168. It is the westernmost city on the North American mainland, although Adak, located on Adak Island, is the westernmost city in Alaska. Wales Airport serves Wales with flights on Bering Air and Ravn Alaska to Nome. Wales is situated 5 miles northwest of Tin City.
Tin City
- Categories: ghost town and locality
- Location: Nome, Alaska, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
65.55838° or 65° 33′ 30″ northLongitude
-167.94924° or 167° 56′ 57″ westElevation
36 feet (11 metres)IATA airport code
TNCUnited Nations Location Code
US TNCOpen location code
92QJH352+98OpenStreetMap ID
node 150916961OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Tin City” goes by many names.
- Russian: “Тин Сити”
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