Platinum, Alaska

Platinum Arviiq
City
Destroyed airplane at Platinum, 1948
Platinum Location in Alaska
Coordinates: 59°0′47″N 161°48′59″W / 59.01306°N 161.81639°W / 59.01306; -161.81639
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Census Area	Bethel
Incorporated	February 13, 1975[1]
Area [2]
• Total	47.31 sq mi (122.53 km2)
• Land	47.27 sq mi (122.41 km2)
• Water	0.05 sq mi (0.12 km2)
Elevation	13 ft (4 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	55
• Density	1.16/sq mi (0.45/km2)
Time zone	UTC-9 (Alaska (AKST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-8 (AKDT)
ZIP codes	99651
Area code	907
FIPS code	02-61080

Platinum (Central Yupik: Arviiq) is a city in Alaska.

Platinum is located at 59°00′47″N 161°48′59″W / 59.01306°N 161.81639°W / 59.01306; -161.81639.^[4] It is located on Goodnews Bay adjacent to the mouth of the Small River and eleven miles southwest of Goodnews and the Kilbuck Mountains.^[4]

Platinum was named in the 1930s due to the platinum ore found in the area. The site was a mining boomtown by 1937 boasting a roadhouse, two trading posts and a population of fifty. A post office had been established in 1935. An earlier Inuit village called Arviq had been abandoned. The town was incorporated as a city in 1975.^[4]