Lake Minchumina, Alaska
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Lake Minchumina Menchuh Mene’ |
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| CDP | |
 Location of Lake Minchumina, Alaska |
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| Coordinates: 63°53′38″N 152°18′7″W / 63.89389°N 152.30194°WCoordinates: 63°53′38″N 152°18′7″W / 63.89389°N 152.30194°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Census Area | Yukon-Koyukuk |
| Government | |
| • State senator | Lyman Hoffman (D) |
| • State rep. | Bryce Edgmon (D) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 244.1 sq mi (632.2 km2) |
| • Land | 216.4 sq mi (560.5 km2) |
| • Water | 27.7 sq mi (71.7 km2) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 32 |
| • Density | 0.1/sq mi (0.1/km2) |
| Time zone | Alaska (AKST) (UTC-9) |
| • Summer (DST) | AKDT (UTC-8) |
| ZIP code | 99757 |
| Area code | 907 |
| FIPS code | 02-42820 |
Lake Minchumina (Menchuh Mene’ in Koyukon) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the CDP is 32.
Lake Minchumina is located at 63°53′38″N 152°18′7″W / 63.89389°N 152.30194°W (63.893902, -152.302012).
"If we were to cut out a map of Alaska from a piece of paper and balance the map on the point of a pencil, we would have found the center point of the physical structure of the state. That point is at 63°50’ N, 152° W. or near Lake Minchumina."
"General Mitchell looked at Alaska on a globe. He saw that Alaska was approximately equal distance from all of the major urban-industrial centers of the world. Figure L.1 is a map of Alaska as seen from space. It is centered on Lake Minchumina in Interior Alaska. Note that we can see the major centers of Asia (Tokyo and Beijing are shown), Europe (Moscow, Berlin, Paris, and London are shown), and North America (New York, Toronto, and Los Angeles are shown). General Billy Mitchell viewed Alaska's relative location and found that it was, indeed, central to the urban-industrial world."
Figure L.1 - Alaska from Space. Orthographic projection
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 244.1 square miles (632 km2), of which, 216.4 square miles (560 km2) of it is land and 27.7 square miles (72 km2) of it (11.34%) is water.
Minchumina has a continental subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc).
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