Information About

Goodhope Bay

Quick Facts

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Location

66 ° 7' 18.001" N,
163 ° 41' 39.001" W

Region

Northwest Arctic

Nearest City

Deering

Tributaries

Fox Creek,

Goodhope Bay in Detail.

About

on N coast of Seward Peninsula, 30 mi. W of Deering; Kotzebue-Kobuk Low. 16 miles wide.

History

so named by Lieutenant Otto von Kotzebue while exploring the region in August 1816 because here he had "good hope" of making important geographic discoveries.