Information About

Tuksuk Channel

Quick Facts

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Location

65 ° 14' 4.999" N,
166 ° 2' 2" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Teller

Tuksuk Channel in Detail.

About

extends NW-SE between Imuruk Basin and Grantley Harbor, 10 mi. E of Teller, Seward Peninsula High

History

In 1827 Captain Beechey (1831, p. 541), Royal Navy (RN), described the feature as, "strait, called Tokshook by the natives." Reported as "Tuksuk" and mapped in 1900 by E. C. Barnard (in Brooks, 1901, pl. 12), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). "Tuksuk" is Esikmo, said to mean "channel" or "long."