Wales Site
The Wales Site, whose principal component is the Kurigitavik mound, is a well-documented archeological site on the Cape Prince of Wales, near Wales, Alaska.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wales Airport.
Wales Airport
Aerodrome
Wales Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile northwest of the central business district of Wales, a city in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wales and Tin City.
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.
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 5 miles southeast of Wales Site.
Wales Site
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archeological site on the Cape Prince of Wales, near Wales, Alaska
- Categories: historic district, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Nome, Alaska, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Wales Site” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wales Site”
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