Information About

Poltes Slough

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 58' 0.001" N,
162 ° 13' 59.999" W

Region

Wade Hampton (CA)

Nearest City

Marshall

Poltes Slough in Detail.

About

channel of Yukon River, extends N and W of Moonlight Point and Arbor I., NW of Marshall, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

History

Riverboat pilots name. So named for Captain Otto Polte, a steamboat captain who died in Seattle about 1940, and reported on a fieldsheet by R.H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), dated 1916.

Topo Maps

Marshall D-1 (1952), Marshall D-1 (1952), Marshall D-1 (1952), Marshall (1954), Marshall (1954), Marshall (1954),
Places Near Poltes Slough
Cities:

Uglovaia,

Capes:

Moonlight Point,

Cities:

Marshall,

Cliffs:

The Bluff,

Islands:

Arbor Island, Nevensky Island, Rose Island, Spangle Island,

Rivers:

Five Day Slough, Kuyukutuk River, Monarch Slough, Wilson Creek Slough,

Streams:

Poltes Slough, Poltes Slough,

Streams:

Batto Creek, Bud Creek, First Chance Creek, Hungry Creek, Our Creek, Owl Creek, Pilcher Mountain Creek, Wilson Creek,

Cities:

Takshak,