White Mountain (Alaska)
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Location in Alaska
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 15th July 1969 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Alaska | ||
| Borough : | Unorganized Borough | ||
| Coordinates : | 64 ° 41 ′ N , 163 ° 24 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Alaska ( UTC − 9 / −8 ) | ||
| Residents : | 203 (as of 2016) | ||
| Height : | 19 m | ||
| Postal code : | 99784 | ||
| Area code : | +1 907 | ||
| FIPS : | 02-84070 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1411989 | ||
White Mountain (English for "white mountain"; Inupiaq : Nasirvik ) is a town in the Nome Census Area in the south of the Seward Peninsula in western Alaska . The population was estimated to be 203 in 2016.
White Mountain is the only non-coastal settlement on the Seward Peninsula. It is located on the left bank of the Fish River 17 km above its mouth in the Golovnin lagoon . 23 km southeast is Golovin , 97 km west-southwest is the town of Nome .
86% of the population are of American Indian descent. The inhabitants live mainly from subsistence farming .
At White Mountain, the Iditarod dog sled race has a mandatory 8-hour stop on the way to Nome.
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- ↑ 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.
