Description
Pingaluk River is located flows SW to Alatna River, 28 mi. SE of Survey Pass, Brooks Range
History
Eskimo name reported by Tl. Stoney (1900 map), U.S. Navy (USN), in 1886 as "Ping-ing-a-look" but submitted by P. S. Smith, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), as "Pingaluk" in 1913. The name may mean "bad hill."