Diomede, Alaska

• The village of Diomede on Little Diomede Island in Bering Strait.
  

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City Description

Diomede (native name Inalik, meaning "the other one" or "the one over there") is a city in the Nome Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska, located on Little Diomede Island (native name Ignaluk; formerly known as Krusenstern Island which can also refer to other places however). Little Diomede is the smaller of the two Diomede Islands located in the middle of the Bering Strait between the Alaska mainland and Siberia. Its neighboring island Big Diomede, Russia behind the International Date Line is less than 2.4 miles (4 km) away. Diomede lies on the west side of Little Diomede and is the only settlement on the island. The population was 146 at the 2000 census. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.84 square miles (7.356 km²), all of it land. Little Diomede Island is located about 25 miles (40 km) west from the mainland, in the middle of the Bering Strait. It is only 0.6 miles (1 km) from the International Date Line and about 2.4 miles (4 km) from the Russian island of Big Diomede. The highest point in Little Diomede Island is 919 feet (280 m). The Little Diomede island is believed to be a Tuya type mountain and

City Contained By:

• United States of America
• Alaska
• Nome Census Area

Timezones:

• Alaska Time Zone

Size:

• 7.25196670894 km squared

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