Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,910,964,619 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

Kotzebue Sound

   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Wikipedia 0.01 sec.
Kotzebue Sound 

a sound in the Chukchi Sea, along the western coast of Alaska. Length, 330 km; width at the mouth, 54 km; width in the inner section, approximately 130 km. Depth, 13–25 m. Covered with ice for most of the year, Kotzebue Sound has irregular, semidiurnal tides of approximately 0.5 m. It was discovered in 1816 by a Russian expedition led by O. E. Kotsebu (also O. E. Kotzebue) and was named after him.



Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Feedback
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Encyclopedia browser?   Full browser?
No references found
 
In North America, some level of regional structuring of populations was observed in both Kotzebue Sound and Norton Sound (Fig.
Located on the Buckland River just below the Arctic Circle just a few miles from Eschscholtz Bay connected to Kotzebue Sound, it is the only village for over 60 miles here in northwest Alaska.
0871699516 The opening of the maritime fur trade at Bering Strait; Americans and Russians meet the Kanjigmiut in Kotzebue Sound.
 
 
 
Encyclopedia
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Advertise with Us | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.