Kotzebue Sound
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Kotzebue Sound (Qikiqtaġruk [qikiqtaʁʐuk] in Iñupiaq) is an arm of the Chukchi Sea in the western region of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is on the north side of the Seward Peninsula and bounded the east by the Baldwin Peninsula. It is 100 miles (160 km) long and 70 miles (110 km) wide.