Heads at glacier terminus in Romanzof Mts. at 690600N, 1440100W, flowing 15 mi WSW and then 75 mi NNE to the E side of Camden Bay where it has a delta in common with Okpilak River which lies to the east.
The name "Hoolahoola," introduced by the whalers, is of Kanaka (Hawaiian) origin, meaning "a dance," and was reported in 1902 by S. J. Marsh in a communication to Alfred H. Brooks (L%ffingwell, 1919).