Little Diomede Island

Little Diomede
Native name:
Iŋaliq (Inupiaq)
The native Iñupiat village of Diomede/Iŋaliq on Little Diomede Island
Little Diomede is located in Alaska
Little Diomede
Little Diomede
Geography
LocationBering Strait
Coordinates65°45′15″N 168°55′15″W / 65.75417°N 168.92083°W / 65.75417; -168.92083
ArchipelagoDiomede Islands
Area2.43 sq mi (6.3 km2)
Highest elevation1,621 ft (494.1 m)
Administration
Demographics
Population77[1] (2023)
Pop. density33.72/sq mi (13.019/km2)
Ethnic groups96% Iŋaliq Iñupiaq[2]
Additional information
Time zone

Little Diomede Island or Yesterday Island (Inupiaq: Iŋaliq, formerly known as Krusenstern Island,[a][3] Russian: остров Крузенштерна, romanizedostrov Kruzenshterna) is an inhabited island of Alaska. It is the smaller of the two Diomede Islands located in the Bering Strait between the Alaskan mainland and Siberia. The island has one town, also called Diomede.

  1. ^ "SUB-IP-EST2021-POP-02.xlsx". US Census Bureau. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  2. ^ Local Economic Development Plan for Diomede, 2012–2017, citing 2010 U.S. census (and this was a decline since the 2000 census). Archived 2016-12-02 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ "The American Local History Network". Archived from the original on April 24, 2012.


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