Little Diomede

Little Diomede is an island in the Bering Strait. It is part of the region but below the Arctic Circle.
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  • Island
  • …has about 140 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 1,020 feet (310 metres)
  • Description: island in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States
  • Also known as
    “City of Diomede”
    “Ignalook”
    “Krusenstern”
    “Little Diomede Island”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Diomede.
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Town
is an incorporated island city in the U.S. state of .

Little Diomede

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Latitude
65.7547° or 65° 45′ 17″ north
Longitude
-168.9253° or 168° 55′ 31″ west
Open location code
92QHQ33F+VV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 20747781
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
7117635
Wiki­data ID
Q1224996

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Western Panjabi—“Little Diomede” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Islla Diomedes Menor”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kruzenştern”
  • Basque: “Diomedes Txikia uhartea”
  • Cebuano: “Little Diomede Island”
  • Chinese: “小代奧米德島”
  • Czech: “Malý Diomédes”
  • Dutch: “Klein Diomedes”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ليتل ديوميد ايسلاند”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ليتل ديوميد”
  • Estonian: “Little Diomede”
  • Finnish: “Pieni-Diomede”
  • Finnish: “Pieni-Diomedes”
  • French: “île Krusenstern”
  • French: “Île Petite Diomède”
  • German: “Diomede”
  • German: “Kleine Diomedes-Insel”
  • German: “Little Diomede Island”
  • Hausa: “Little Diomede Island”
  • Hebrew: “דיומד הקטן”
  • Hebrew: “דיומיד הקטן”
  • Hungarian: “Kis Diomede-sziget”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Diomede Kecil”
  • Inupiaq: “Iŋaliq”
  • Italian: “Piccola Diomede”
  • Japanese: “リトルダイオミード島”
  • Korean: “리틀 다이오메드 섬”
  • Korean: “리틀다이오미드섬”
  • Latvian: “Mazā Diomida sala”
  • Macedonian: “Мал Диомид”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Little Diomede Island”
  • Norwegian: “Little Diomede Island”
  • Polish: “Little Diomede Island”
  • Polish: “Mała Diomeda”
  • Portuguese: “Diomedes Menor”
  • Russian: “Остров Крузенштерна”
  • Serbian: “Мали Диомед”
  • Serbian: “Мало Диомедово острво”
  • Spanish: “Diómedes Menor”
  • Swedish: “Lilla Diomedeön”
  • Tamil: “சிறிய டையோமெதி தீவு”
  • Turkish: “Küçük Diomede Adası”
  • Ukrainian: “Малий Діомід”
  • Vietnamese: “Diomede Nhỏ”
  • Western Frisian: “Lyts-Diomedes”
  • Western Panjabi: “چھوٹا ڈائیومیڈ جزیرا”

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