Tin City Long Range Radar Site
Tin City Long Range Radar Site is a United States Air Force radar station. It is located 106.3 miles west-northwest of Nome, Alaska. It is the former Tin City Air Force Station.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Military installation
- Description: United States Air Force radar station
- Also known as: “Cape Prince of Wales Air Force Station” and “Tin City Air Force Station”
- Address: AK
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tin City and Wales.
Tin City
Hamlet
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. Tin City is situated 2 miles southeast of Tin City Long Range Radar Site.
Wales
Village
Wales is a city of approximately 168 people in the Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. 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 3 miles northwest of Tin City Long Range Radar Site.
Tin City Long Range Radar Site
- Location: Nome, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude
65.57583° or 65° 34′ 33″ northLongitude
-168.01194° or 168° 0′ 43″ westElevation
2,133 feet (650 metres)Open location code
92QHHXGQ+86OpenStreetMap ID
node 369148679OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=military
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