White Mountain, Alaska

White Mountain (Inupiaq: Nasirvik, Nachirvik, or Nachizrvik) is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States.

The city is an Iġaluŋmiut (Fish River tribe) Inupiat village, with historical influences from and relationships with Qawiaraq (Mary's Igloo) Inupiat and Golovin and Elim Yup’iks.

White Mountain is the only village on the Seward Peninsula located inland, not on the ocean.

The bountiful resources of both the Niukluk and the Fish rivers supported the Native populations there.

The community grew with the influx of white prospectors during the Klondike Gold Rush.

The first non-Native structure was a warehouse built by the miner Charles D. Lane to store supplies for his claim in the Council District.

Today, White Mountain is most notable as the last of three mandatory rest stops for teams competing in the annual Iditarod.

All mushers are required to take an 8-hour rest stop at White Mountain before making the final push to the end of the race, 77 miles (124 km) away in Nome.

In February 2006, the high school building burned down as a result from a fire in the furnace room.

Nome Census Area map