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 ...

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.

Norton Sound Health Corporation operates Norton Sound Regional Hospital in Nome, which serves Nome and the surrounding villages of the Bering Strait region. The hospital opened to the public in 2013 with the latest equipment and technology.

Norton Sound extends east off Bering Sea, between Seward Peninsula on the north and Yukon Delta on the south (USGS).

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.

The Norton Sound (Figures 1.0-1 and 1.0-2) in the northern Bering Sea, is an area in which industry has shown considerable interest in exploring for oil and gas.

Norton Sound is an inlet of the Bering Sea on the western coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, south of the Seward Peninsula. 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 …

Norton Sound, inlet of the Bering Sea, c.150 mi (240 km) long and 125 mi (200 km) across at its widest point, W Alaska, S of the Seward Peninsula. Norton Bay is its northeast arm. Nome is on the north shore and the Yukon River flows into the sound from the …

Our smooth sheet bathymetry covers Norton Sound, west to the eastern point of St. Lawrence Island, south to the Yukon River delta, and north along the Seward Peninsula and around the point of Cape Prince of Wales (Fig. 1).

Potential interactions of oil and ice in Norton Sound by Seelye Martin; Sedimentary process and potential geologic hazards on the seafloor of the Northern Bering Sea by Hans Nelson;