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'."