Information About

Bluff

Quick Facts

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Location

64 ° 34' 22.001" N,
163 ° 45' 15.001" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

White Mountain

Elevation

52 ft (15.85 m)

Bluff in Detail.

About

At the mouth of Daniels Creek, on north shore of Norton Sound, 21 miles east of Solomon, Seward Peninsula High.

History

Site of a mining camp established in the summer of 1900 at the height of the Nome gold rush-"Bluff owes its existence to the rich beach placers which have been developed at the mouth of Daniels Creek" (Brooks, 1901, p. 67). Bluff Post Office was established in 1901 and was discontinued in 1919 (Ricks, 1965, p. 8). Balcom (1965, p. 7) noted "The Eskimos called the place by the native name for bluff, 'Agookauchuk'."

Topo Maps

Solomon C-4 (1950), Solomon C-4 (1950), Solomon C-4 (1950), Solomon (1950), Solomon (1950), Solomon (1950), Solomon (1950), Solomon (1950), Solomon (1951), Solomon (1951), Solomon (1951),
Places Near Bluff
Cities:

Topkok,

Bars:

Square Rock,

Bays:

Boat Harbor,

Hills:

Donahue Mountain,

Rivers:

Skookum River, Topkok River,

Streams:

Allen Creek, Basin Creek, Basin Creek, Blane Creek, Blue Rock Creek, California Creek, Constance Creek, Cumberland Creek, Daniels Creek, Dewey Creek, Eldorado Creek, Eureka Creek, Goldbottom Creek, Grizzly Creek, Guy Rowe Creek, Helen Creek, Horton Creek, Hugh Rowe Creek, Koyana Creek, Lil Creek, Lost Creek, Ptarmigan Creek, Rock Creek, Ryan Creek, Silverbow Creek, Slate Creek, Snow Creek, Sourdough Creek, Spruce Creek, Spruce Creek, Sunrise Creek, Surprise Creek, Thompson Creek, Windy Creek,

Valleys:

Black Chief Gulch, Swedish Gulch, Walling Gulch,

Cities:

Bluff,