Information About

Tisuk River

Quick Facts

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Location

64 ° 53' 17.002" N,
166 ° 24' 9" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Teller

Elevation

10 ft (3.05 m)

Tisuk River in Detail.

About

flows W to Bering Sea, 11 mi. SE of Cape Douglas and 40 mi. NW of Nome, Seward Peninsula High.

History

Eskimo name reported in 1900 as "Tisuk" by E. C. Barnard (in Brooks, 1901, pl. 17), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).