Diomede is a village and the only habitable area of Little Diomede Island in the Nome Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. All the buildings are on the west coast of Little Diomede, which is the smaller of the two Diomede Islands located in the middle of the Bering Strait between the United States and the Russian Far East. Diomede is the only settlement on Little Diomede Island. The population is 82 people, down from 115 at the 2010 census and 146 in 2000.
Aerial view of Diomede (2008)
Drone photo, 2018
The Bering Strait area: Little Diomede Island can be clearly seen in the middle of the strait, to the right of Big Diomede.
Little Diomede Island village
Little Diomede Island or Yesterday Island is an island of Alaska, United States. It is the smaller of the two Diomede Islands located in the middle of the Bering Strait between the Alaska mainland and Siberia.
The native Iñupiat village of Diomede/Iŋaliq on Little Diomede Island
Diomede (Inalik) village on the west coast of Little Diomede Island, Alaska
Satellite image of the Bering Strait; Little Diomede Island can be clearly seen in the middle of the strait, to the right of Big Diomede.
