Information About

Unalakleet River

Quick Facts

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Location

63 ° 52' 9.998" N,
160 ° 47' 16.001" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Unalakleet

Unalakleet River in Detail.

About

heads in Kaltag Mts. at 642000N1591600W, flows SW to Norton Sound S of Unalakleet, Nulato Hills.

History

Eskimo name recorded in 1842-44 as "R(eka) Unalaklik" by Lieutenant L. A. Zagoskin, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); spelled "Unalaklit" in 1852 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1455, which also gives the Indian name as "Tsetseka."