Bering Sea · AK
Gambell
Thirty-six miles from Russia.
- Population
- 640 (2020 census)
- Renamed
- 1898
- Incorporated
- 1963
Then
- 1878–1880
Famine devastates St. Lawrence Island.
- 1898
Missionaries Vene and Nellie Gambell drown, and the village takes their name.
- 1963
Gambell incorporates.
Now
Sivuqaq lies 36 miles from the Chukchi Peninsula.