Information About

Norton Sound

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Norton Sound on The Map

Location

63 ° 50' 57.001" N,
164 ° 16' 8" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Emmonak

Tributaries

Bonanza River, Cripple River, Snake River, Solomon River,

Tributaries

Glacier Creek, Quartz Creek,

Norton Sound in Detail.

About

Incomplete record - should be at least 64 maps, LATLONGs truncated in PH I by GIPSY - 9512. Extends E off Bering Sea, between Seward Peninsula on N and Yukon Delta on S.

History

Discovered in 1778 by Captain Cook (1785, p. 485), Royal Navy (RN), and named by him in honour of Sir Fletcher Norton (later Lord Grantley), Speaker of the House of Commons.

Topo Maps

St Michael (1951), St Michael (1952), St Michael (1952), St Michael (1952), St Michael (1952),
Places Near Norton Sound
Bays:

Norton Sound,