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Kotzebue Sound
Kotzebue Sound is an arm of the Chukchi Sea in western Alaska, 66°40' North 163° West. It is on the north side of the Seward Peninsula and is bounded on its east side by the Baldwin Peninsula. It is 161 km (100 miles) long and 113 km (70 miles) wide.
The towns of Kotzebue, Kiwalik and Deering are on the shores of Kotzebue Sound.
Kotzebue Sound was explored and named in 1816 by Count Otto von Kotzebue while searching for the Northwest Passage in the service of Russia.
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