Editing Nome Census Area, Alaska (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the census area has a total area of {{convert|28278|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|22962|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|5316|sqmi}} (18.8%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It also includes the large offshore [[St. Lawrence Island]], which has about 14 percent of the census area's population and two of its larger cities in [[Gambell, Alaska|Gambell]] and [[Savoonga, Alaska|Savoonga]]. Nome Census 
Area is the 7th largest county-equivalent in the state of Alaska.

===Adjacent boroughs and census areas===
* [[Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska]] - north
* [[Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska]] - east
* [[Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska]] - south
* [[Chukotsky District]], [[Chukotka Autonomous Okrug]] - west

===National protected areas===
* [[Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge]] (part of the Bering Sea unit)
** [[Besboro Island]]
** [[King Island (Alaska)|King Island]]
** [[Sledge Island]]
* [[Bering Land Bridge National Preserve]] (part)
* [[Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)
** [[Andreafsky Wilderness]] (part)