Teller Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States
About Teller
Teller is very close to the Bering Strait, specifically on a sandbank which borders Imuruk Basin. The town is connected to Nome via the Nome-Teller Highway. To the north of Teller is the town of Brevig Mission (population 400), although there is no road connecting the towns. Teller is surrounded by hills and mountains, adding to the remoteness of its location. However, there is an airport in Teller. Being in Arctic Alaska, the area was sparsely settled by Native Americans until the 20th century. Around 1900, the town, along with Nome and other towns in that region of Alaska, became large cities and trading posts. Teller reached a population of 5,000 for a few years. By the time the census was taken in 1910, however, the population of Teller had dramatically decreased to about 100. The drop
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- ★Norge Storage Site
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