York
York was a mining settlement in the U.S. state of Alaska during the late 19th- and early 20th-century. The mining camp was located at the mouth of Anikovik River, at Cape York on the Seward Peninsula, about 80 miles north-west of Nome and 45 miles north-west of Port Clarence. Wales, the westernmost settlement on the mainland United States, is 15 miles north-west of York at Cape Prince of Wales.- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 80 feet (30 metres)
- …is also known as “York, Alaska”
- Description: human settlement in Alaska, United States of America
- Category: human settlement
- Location
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Latitude
65.49217° or 65° 29′ 32″ north
Longitude
-167.68489° or 167° 41′ 6″ west
Open location code
92QJF8R8+V2
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In Other Languages
From Irish to Russian—“York” goes by many names.
- Irish: “York”
- Russian: “Йорк”
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