Hyder (Alaska)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Hyder (Alaska)
Coordinates
-130.024 -130.024 55.9142 55.9142 (gooearth )
W1300129 W1300129 N0555501 N0555501 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 132472319
Wikidata: Q1640042
Library of congress: n 97081483
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 55°55ʹ01ʺN 130°01ʹ29ʺW)
  • A mission with a purpose, 1996:t.p. (Hyder, Alaska)
  • Times atlas, 1975(Hyder, Alaska; 55.55N 130.05W)

Wikipedia description:

Hyder is a census-designated place in Prince of Wales–Hyder Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 48 at the 2020 census, down from 87 in 2010. Hyder is accessible by road only from Stewart, British Columbia. It is popular with motorists wishing to visit Alaska without driving the length of the Alaska Highway. Hyder has no direct access to any Alaskan road. It is the southernmost community in the state that can be reached via car (others can be reached only by boat or plane). Hyder is Alaska's easternmost community.

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