Information About

Ungalik

Quick Facts

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Location

64 ° 33' 0" N,
160 ° 52' 59.999" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Shaktoolik

Elevation

26 ft (7.92 m)

Ungalik in Detail.

About

on SE shore of Norton Bay near mouth of Ungalik River, Nulato Hills.

History

Former Eskimo village reported in 1942-44 as "Ounag-touli" and "Unagtuligmut," by Lieutenant L. A. Zagoskin, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). In the 1880 Census, Ivan Petroff listed "Oonakhtolik," population 15. The name is now applied to a placer mine several miles upstream.