Nome region of Alaska

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The Nome region of Alaska is a remote area on the southern Seward Peninsula along the Bering Sea coast, centered on the historic gold rush town of Nome and known for its Indigenous communities, subsistence lifestyle, and role as the finish line of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region
region
accessDifficulty remote
borderedBy Bering Sea NERFINISHED
centeredOn Nome, Alaska NERFINISHED
climate subarctic maritime climate
connectedBy Iditarod Trail NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
governedAs part of Nome Census Area
hasCoastlineOn Norton Sound NERFINISHED
hasCulturalPractice salmon fishing
subsistence seal hunting
subsistence whaling in some coastal communities
hasEconomicActivity commercial fishing
gold mining
subsistence hunting and fishing
tourism related to Iditarod finish
tourism related to gold rush history
hasEvent Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race finish
hasIndigenousPeople Inupiat NERFINISHED
Yupik NERFINISHED
hasInfrastructure Nome Airport NERFINISHED
hasMajorSettlement Nome, Alaska NERFINISHED
hasNaturalFeature permafrost
tundra
hasNaturalResource gold
marine mammals
hasWildlife brown bear
caribou
moose
seals
walrus
historicalEvent Nome Gold Rush NERFINISHED
knownFor Indigenous communities
finish line of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
historic gold rush history
subsistence lifestyle
languageSpoken English
Inupiaq NERFINISHED
Yupik NERFINISHED
locatedAlong Bering Sea coast NERFINISHED
locatedIn Alaska
locatedOn Seward Peninsula NERFINISHED
nearestLargeWaterBody Bering Sea NERFINISHED
partOf Northwestern Alaska NERFINISHED
populationCharacteristic sparsely populated
timeZone Alaska Time Zone
transportationMode boat
small aircraft
snowmachine

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Nome Census Area locatedIn Nome region of Alaska