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Nome



Nome, city and port in western Alaska, on the south coast of the Seward Peninsula overlooking Norton Sound, an arm of the Bering Sea. The city is a commercial and distribution center. Its artificial harbor is open June through Oct. Nome became a boom town after the discovery of gold in 1898. It was incorporated as a city in 1901.



See also: Alaska.

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