Norton Sound

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geographic feature inlet sound

Norton Sound is a large, shallow inlet of the Bering Sea along the western coast of Alaska, known for its rich marine life and importance to nearby Indigenous communities.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Norton Sound canonical	7
Norton Sound coast	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographic feature ⓘ inlet ⓘ sound ⓘ
adjacentTo	Teller, Alaska ⓘ surface form: Elim, Alaska Koyuk, Alaska ⓘ surface form: Golovin, Alaska Koyuk, Alaska ⓘ Nome, Alaska ⓘ Unalakleet, Alaska ⓘ surface form: Shaktoolik, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska ⓘ Koyuk, Alaska ⓘ surface form: Stebbins, Alaska Unalakleet, Alaska ⓘ White Mountain, Alaska ⓘ
borders	Seward Peninsula ⓘ Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta ⓘ
discoveredByEuropeans	James Cook ⓘ
drainedBy	Koyuk River ⓘ Koyuk River ⓘ surface form: Shaktoolik River Unalakleet River ⓘ Yukon River ⓘ
freezesSeasonally	yes ⓘ
hasApproximateLength	about 200 miles ⓘ
hasApproximateWidth	about 125 miles ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	ice-covered in winter ⓘ rich in marine life ⓘ shallow ⓘ
hasClimate	subarctic maritime ⓘ
hasEconomicImportance	crab fishery ⓘ fishing industry ⓘ
hasPort	Nome ⓘ
importantFor	Indigenous coastal communities ⓘ
isTraditionalTerritoryOf	Alaska Natives ⓘ surface form: Inupiat people Yup’ik people ⓘ surface form: Yupik people
locatedIn	Alaska ⓘ Bering Sea ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedOnCoastOf	western Alaska ⓘ
namedAfter	Sir Fletcher Norton ⓘ
partOf	Arctic region ⓘ Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Pacific Ocean basin
supportsActivity	commercial crabbing ⓘ subsistence fishing ⓘ subsistence hunting ⓘ
supportsSpecies	Pacific salmon ⓘ crab ⓘ herring ⓘ seals ⓘ walrus ⓘ whales ⓘ
usedFor	marine transportation ⓘ
yearOfEuropeanNaming	1778 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bering Sea → contains → Norton Sound ⓘ

Nome → nearbyWaterBody → Norton Sound ⓘ

Nome Census Area → bordersBodyOfWater → Norton Sound ⓘ

Yupiit → traditionalRegion → Norton Sound ⓘ

Unalakleet, Alaska → locatedOn → Norton Sound ⓘ

Koyuk, Alaska → locatedOn → Norton Sound ⓘ

Koyuk, Alaska → coastType → Norton Sound ⓘ

this entity surface form: Norton Sound coast

St. Michael, Alaska → locatedOnWaterbody → Norton Sound ⓘ