Goodhope Bay

Coordinates: 66°07′18″N 163°41′39″W / 66.12167°N 163.69417°W / 66.12167; -163.69417
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Goodhope Bay is a small bay in the Kotzebue Sound, on the Chukchi Sea-facing coast of Alaska, United States. It is 16 miles (26 km) across.

It is located on the northern coast of the Seward Peninsula, 30 mi. W of Deering; Kotzebue-Kobuk Low 66°07′18″N 163°41′39″W / 66.12167°N 163.69417°W / 66.12167; -163.69417.

Lieutenant Otto von Kotzebue named the area while exploring the region in August 1816, as he had had "good hope" in making important geographic discoveries.

References[edit]

  • "Goodhope Bay". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.