Tuksuk Channel is a physical feature (stream) in Nome (CA) Borough.
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Feature Name: | Tuksuk Channel |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Stream |
Description: | 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.""" |
Borough: | Nome (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 65.2347259521 |
Longitude: | -166.033889771 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Tuksuk Channel: Tuksuk Channel.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Tuksuk Channel does not include property ownership information.
Teller, AK
(9.7 miles WNW) |
Brevig Mission, AK
(14.9 miles WNW) |
Sullivan Camp, AK (12.8 miles SSW) |