Kotzebue Sound
Pacific Ocean
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Kotzebue Sound, Alaska
Midnight sun over Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, U.S., north of the Arctic Circle.
Kotzebue Sound is an arm of the Chukchi Sea located in northwestern Alaska, northeast of the Bering Strait. It was named by Russian naval officer Otto von Kotzebue during his circumnavigation of the Earth and charting of the Alaskan coast between 1815 and 1818. The area has historically been inhabited by Inupiat Eskimos and is now a significant regional center for trade, transportation, and services in northwestern Alaska. The sound is part of the larger Pacific Ocean region.123
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