Shishmaref, Alaska
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Shishmaref is a city in the Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. It is located on Sarichef Island in the Chukchi Sea, just north of the Bering Strait and five miles from the mainland. Shishmaref l
Aerial view of Shishmaref
Women from the village of Shishmaref, c. 1970s
The Bering Land Bridge National Preserve is one of the most remote protected areas of the United States, located on the Seward Peninsula. The National Preserve protects a remnant of the Bering Land Br
Shishmaref, Alaska
…States. It is located on Sarichef Island in the Chukchi Sea, just north of the Bering Strait and five miles from the mainland. Shishmaref lies within the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve. As of the 2020 census, Shishmaref had a population of 576. Shishmaryov is probably a variant of Russian Shyshmánov from Turkic šyšman ‘fat’, but there…
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