The Lands
Kotzebue is the largest village in the northwest region of Alaska. Nearly 3,000 people live in Kotzebue. Three-quarters of the population is Inupiat Eskimo. Kotzebue got its name from a German explorer named Otto Von Kotzebue, though the area had been occupied for 600 years as a fish camp and trading post prior to Von Kotzebue's "discovery" of the Kotzebue Sound in 1818 for Russia.
Kotzebue sits on the coast of Kotzebue Sound on the west coast of Alaska. The sound empties into the Chukchi Sea.
The area is surrounded by water. Three rivers, the Kobuk, Noatak and Selawik, wind through the area. The area is also home to many designated wilderness areas including:
-Cape Krusenstern
National Monument
-Kobuk Valley National Park
-Selawik National Wildlife Refuge
-Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
-Noatak National Preserve
Kotzebue
has long winters and cool summers. The average low temperature during
January is -12F. The average high temperature is 58F. Snowfall averages
40 inches, with toal precipitation of nine inches a year.
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information:
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