Gambell
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| Location in Alaska | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | December 12, 1963 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Alaska | ||
| Borough : | Unorganized Borough | ||
| Coordinates : | 63 ° 47 ′ N , 171 ° 44 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Alaska ( UTC − 9 / −8 ) | ||
| Residents : | 701 (as of 2016) | ||
| Height : | 0 m | ||
| Postal code : | 99742 | ||
| Area code : | +1 907 | ||
| FIPS : | 02-29180 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1402463 | ||
| Mayor : | Branson Tungiyan | ||
.jpg) Aerial view of Gambell |
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Gambell is a place in the Nome Census Area in Alaska in the extreme northwest of the Saint Lawrence Island , 265 km southwest of Cape Prince of Wales , the western tip of the Seward Peninsula .
The small village has an estimated 701 inhabitants (as of 2016). There is a small airport with Gambell Airport , from which the airlines Bering Air and Era Alaska Savoonga fly to the central north of the island. Gambell is located at about 63.46 ° north latitude just south of the Arctic Circle . In winter temperatures down to −40 ° C, in summer up to +5 ° C.
The name Gambell goes back to the first missionary and teacher couple on the island, Vene and Nellie Gambell, who perished in a shipwreck in the spring of 1898.
Web links
Commons : Gambell - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- City of Gambell in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- Gambell in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
Individual evidence
- ↑ City and Town Population Totals: 2010-2016 . US Dept. of Commerce - United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 2, 2017. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
- ^ Gambell in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
