Tin City, Alaska

Tin City (Inupiaq: Tupqaġruk) is an abandoned town except for a nearby minimally staffed radar station, in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.

[1] They also have the nearby Tin City LRRS (Long Range Radar Site) Airport.

A mining camp was established at the base of the mountain in 1903 and the Tin City post office was opened in 1904.

Tin City has a tundra climate (ET) with short but cool summers and long, bitterly cold winters.

This article about a location in the Nome Census Area, Alaska is a stub.

Tin City
Nome Census Area map