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Shaktoolik Bay

Shaktoolik Bay

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on Norton Sound, 23 mi. SW of Christmas Mtn., Nulato Hills.

History of Shaktoolik Bay

Eskimo name reported on September 16, 1778, by Captain Cook (1785, v. 2, p . 485), Royal Navy (RN), as "Chacktoole Bay." It was called "Shaktol" and "Shakhtolik" by the Russians.