The Unalakleet River in Alaska empties out into Norton Sound, adjacent to the town of Unalakleet. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Norton Sound is an inlet of the Bering Sea in western Alaska, south of the Seward Peninsula. ... Unalakleet is a city located in Nome Census Area, Alaska. ...
Unalakleet is located on the Norton Sound of the Bering Sea at the mouth of the UnalakleetRiver, 238 km (148 miles) southeast of Nome.
Unalakleet is located at the Norton Sound end of the Unalakleet-Kaltag Portage, an important winter travel route between Norton Sound and the Yukon River.
Unalakleet has long been a major trade center between the Athabascans who lived in the interior of Alaska and the Inupiat who lived on the coast.