Nulato Hills
| Nulato Hills | ||
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| Highest peak | Debauch Mountain ( 1040 m ) | |
| location | Alaska (USA) | |
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 30 ′ N , 159 ° 30 ′ W | |
The Nulato Hills are a mountain range in western Alaska between the Yukon and Norton Sound . In the north they merge into the lowlands of the Selawik River , in the south they reach into the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta . At the Seward Peninsula level , the continental divide runs through the Nulato Hills. The Anvik River and the Bonasila River have their source in the Nulato Hills .
The extension in north-south direction is about 480 km, in east-west up to 130 km. The highest mountain in the Nulato Hills is Debauch Mountain at 1040 m .
Between Kaltag on the Yukon and Unalakleet on the coast of the Norton Sound, there is the Kaltag Portage through the coastal mountains, which was also used in 1925 for the dog sled relay to Nome caused by a diphtheria epidemic and is now part of the Iditarod dog sled race .
Web links
- Nulato Hills on Peakbagger.com (English)
- Nulato Hills in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System