Port Safety, Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States

Overview of Port Safety

• Name:
  Port Safety
• Place Type:
  Unincorporated Populated Place
• Located In:
  Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States
  
• Description (GNIS):
  on spit between Safety and Norton Sounds 6 mi. E of Cape Nome and 14 mi. SW of Solomon, Seward Peninsula High.
• History (GNIS):
  Site of a mining camp established in the summer of 1900 at the height of the Nome gold rush (brooks, 1901, p. 66). Safety Post Pffice established here in 1900 and discontinued in 1902 (Ricks, 1965, p. 55). Name was taken from the lagoon.
• Surveys:
  Township 12 South, Range 31 West, Kateel River Meridian
• Coordinates:
  Latitude:64.451666764° 27' 06.0"N

  Longitude:-164.8255556164° 49' 32.0"W
• Nearby Cities:
  • Cape Nome 4.1 mi. W
  • Bessie Number 5 Dredge Camp 11.8 mi. NW
  • Solomon 13.7 mi. NE
• Nearby Cemeteries:
  (none listed within 15 mi.)
• Elevation:
  0 m
• Histopolis Place ID:
  148262876
• Updated Apr 19, 2020