Information About

Little Diomede Island

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Location

65 ° 43' 23.002" N,
168 ° 55' 16" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Diomede

Little Diomede Island in Detail.

About

one of Diomede Is., in Bering Strait, 25 mi. NW of Cape Prince of Wales; Seward Peninsula High.

History

in the late 1800's this island was commonly known as "Little Diomede," which was derived from the collective name of both islands named in 1728 by Vitus Bering. (1831, p. 247) named it "Krusenstern," after the Russian Admiral (Adam Johann von) Krusenstern. Martin Sauer (1802, p. 258), was "Imaglin"; Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 1), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), records the name as "Ingalyuk."

Topo Maps

Teller (1950), Teller (1950), Teller (1950), Teller (1950), Teller (1950), Teller (1950), Teller (1951), Teller (1951), Teller (1958),

Places Near Little Diomede Island

Archipelagos:

Diomede Islands,

Cities:

Diomede,

Islands:

Fairway Rock, Little Diomede Island,