Information About

Shaktoolik River

Quick Facts

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Location

64 ° 22' 16" N,
161 ° 11' 3.001" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Shaktoolik

Shaktoolik River in Detail.

About

Flows SW to Shaktoolik Bay on the E side of Norton Sound, 11 mi ESE of the entrance to Norton Bay, 22 mi. SW of Christmas Mtn., Nulato Hills.

History

Eskimo name published by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 2), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "R(eka) Shakhtolik."