Information About

Tuluga River

Quick Facts

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Location

69 ° 15' 16.999" N,
151 ° 1' 18.998" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Anaktuvuk Pass

Tributary to

Anaktuvuk River

Elevation

446 ft (135.94 m)

Tuluga River in Detail.

About

formed by its East and West Forks, flows (E to Anaktuvuk River, 29 mi. SW of Umiat, Arctic Slope

History

Eskimo name meaning "raven" (tulugak) reported in 1901 by Peters and Schrader (1904, pl. 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). This refers to the northern raven, Corvus corax principalis (I. N. Gabrielson and F. C. Lincoln, 1959, p. 616).

Topo Maps

Umiat (1956), Umiat (1956), Umiat (1956), Umiat (1956), Umiat B-2 (1971), Umiat B-2 SW (2017),

Places Near Tuluga River

Cliffs:

Schrader Bluff, Shale Wall Bluff,

Lakes:

Square Lake,

Rivers:

Nanushuk River, Tuluga River,