Information About

Pelazuk

Quick Facts

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Location

65 ° 32' 34.001" N,
167 ° 51' 7.999" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Wales

Elevation

36 ft (10.97 m)

Pelazuk in Detail.

About

on coast of Bering Sea, 8 mi. SW of Cape Prince of Wales and 48 mi. NW of Teller; Seward Peninsula High.

History

site of an Eskimo village reported in 1907 as "the old native village Palazruk" (Collier and others, 1908, p. 59). no population can be associated with the village, the 1954 U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) Coast Pilot still refers to "The native village of Pelazuk" (p. 551).