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Pages in category "St. Lawrence Island" ... Savoonga, Alaska This page was last edited on 26 June 2022, at 19:09 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Map including St. Lawrence Island. The United States Census Bureau defines St. Lawrence Island as Block Group 6, Census Tract 1 of Nome Census Area, Alaska.As of the 2000 census there were 1,292 people living on a land area of 1,791.56 sq mi (4,640.1 km 2). [6]
Savoonga is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska. It is located on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea. As of the 2020 census, Savoonga's population was 835, up from 671 in 2010. Savoonga was incorporated in 1969. In 1971, it became joint owner of St. Lawrence Island along with the island's only other city, Gambell.
Sivuqaq is the Yupik language name for St. Lawrence Island and for Gambell. It has also been called Chibuchack and Sevuokok. St. Lawrence Island has been inhabited sporadically for the past 2,000 years by both Alaskan Yup'ik and Siberian Yupik people. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the island had a population of about 4,000.
Sketch of the Thomas Corwin caught in ice floes in the Bering Sea, June 1880 Reindeer calves in Alaska, 1899. In the late 19th century there were about 4,000 Central Alaskan Yupik and Siberian Yupik living in several villages on St. Lawrence Island. They subsisted by hunting walrus and whale and by fishing in the Bering Sea. A famine during the ...
The wildlife of Alaska is both diverse and abundant. The Alaskan Peninsula provides an important habitat for fish, mammals, reptiles, and birds. At the top of the food chain are the bears. Alaska contains about 70% of the total North American brown bear population and the majority of the grizzly bears, as well as black bears and Kodiak bears.
Tanadgusix Corporation (TDX) is a shareholder-owned Aleut Alaska Native village corporation founded in 1973. Located on Saint Paul Island, Alaska, US, the company is primarily involved in fish processing, shipping, real estate, tourism, the environment and power generation.
Kasatochi Island, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Protected areas of Alaska map (NOAA) This is a list of marine protected areas of the U.S. state of Alaska. State protected marine areas are managed by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. [1]