Norton Sound. The Norton Sound (Inupiaq: Imaqpak) is an inlet of the Bering Sea on the western coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, south of the Seward Peninsula. [1] It is about 240 km (150 mi) long and 200 km (125 mi) wide. The Yukon River delta forms a portion of the south shore and water from the Yukon influences this body of water. It is ice-free from June to October.

Norton Sound, arm of the Bering Sea, indenting for 125 miles (200 km) the west coast of Alaska, U.S., with a width of 70 miles (115 km) between the Seward Peninsula (north) and the Yukon River delta (south). The sound is navigable from May to October.

1 day ago · Ten people on board a Bering Air flight in Alaska have died after the plane experienced a sudden drop of altitude and crashed into Norton Sound. US Coast Guard officials found the plane's wreckage ...

1 day ago · Bering Air is based in Nome and serves more than 30 local ... The Norton Sound Regional Hospital also set up a family center for loved ones of the passengers to gather while waiting for news. ...

1 day ago · A Bering Air flight with 10 people onboard went missing en route to Nome, Alaska, late on Thursday. ... to the city of Nome and was last reporting information at 3:16 p.m. over Norton Sound ...

Nome was built along the Bering Sea, on the south coast of the Seward Peninsula, facing Norton Sound. It lies 539 air miles northwest of Anchorage, a 75-minute flight. It lies 102 miles south of the Arctic Circle and 161 miles east of Russia.

The Bering Strait region spans most of Alaska’s Seward Peninsula and the coastal lands of eastern Norton Sound. The region encompasses 23,000 square miles and includes the Seward Peninsula, King Island and Little Diomede Island.

1 day ago · A Bering Air Cessna 208 Caravan carrying 10 people went missing over Alaska on Thursday afternoon while en route to Nome. ... are scouring the Norton Sound area despite rough winter weather ...

Our lands have provided a livelihood for the residents of the Bering Strait/Seward Peninsula/Norton Sound region for thousands of years.

Archaeological evidence in the Bering Strait region suggests that ancestors of these groups, believed to be made up of overland migrants from the Chukotka region of Russia, first settled 10,000 years ago (State of Alaska DCRA). Trade has long been and continues to be a hallmark of life in the Norton Sound region.