Information About

Nuluk River

Quick Facts

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Location

65 ° 55' 40.001" N,
166 ° 52' 41.002" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Brevig Mission

Nuluk River in Detail.

About

on Seward Peninsula, heads at junction of its North and South Forks, flows NW to Arctic Lagoon, on Chukchi Sea, 48 mi. NW of Teller, Kotzebue-Kobuk Low.

History

Eskimo name reported in 1901 as Nooluk by T. G. Gerdine (in Collier, 1902, pl. 12), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).