Savoonga, Alaska
Savoonga
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Savoonga in 2013 | |
| Coordinates: 63°41′48″N 170°27′39″W / 63.69667°N 170.46083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Census Area | Nome |
| Incorporated | October 6, 1969 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Myron Kingeekuk |
| • State senator | Donald Olson (D) |
| • State rep. | Neal Foster (D) |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.87 sq mi (15.21 km2) |
| • Land | 5.87 sq mi (15.21 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 835 |
| • Density | 142.20/sq mi (54.91/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-9 (Alaska (AKST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-8 (AKDT) |
| ZIP code | 99769 |
| Area code | 907 |
| FIPS code | 02-67460 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1409106 |
Savoonga is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. It is located on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea. As of the 2020 census, Savoonga's population was 835, up from 671 in 2010.
Savoonga was incorporated in 1969. In 1971, it became joint owner of St. Lawrence Island along with the island's only other city, Gambell.
The local economy consists largely of subsistence hunting for walrus, seals, fish, and bowhead whales. The city calls itself the "Walrus Capital of the World". A dogsled mail service operated until 1963.