Bluff, Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States

Overview of Bluff

• Name:
  Bluff
• Place Type:
  Unincorporated Populated Place
• Located In:
  Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States
  
• Description (GNIS):
  At the mouth of Daniels Creek, on north shore of Norton Sound, 21 miles east 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-"Bluff owes its existence to the rich beach placers which have been developed at the mouth of Daniels Creek" (Brooks, 1901, p. 67). Bluff Post Office was established in 1901 and was discontinued in 1919 (Ricks, 1965, p. 8). Balcom (1965, p. 7) noted "The Eskimos called the place by the native name for bluff, 'Agookauchuk'."
• Surveys:
  Township 10 South, Range 25 West, Kateel River Meridian
• Coordinates:
  Latitude:64.572777864° 34' 22.0"N

  Longitude:-163.7541667163° 45' 15.0"W
• Nearby Cities:
  • White Mountain 12.8 mi. NE
• Nearby Cemeteries:
  (none listed within 15 mi.)
• Elevation:
  19 m
• Histopolis Place ID:
  891060612
• Updated Apr 19, 2020