- Cape Espenberg, Alaska
Cape Espenberg is a cape in
Alaska . It is located in theSeward Peninsula on theChukchi Sea coast. coord|66|33|N|163|37|W|region:US-AK_type:landmark.Cape Espenberg points northwards, 42 mi NW of Deering, Kotzebue-Kobuk Low. On its southeastern side there is the small
Goodhope Bay , an inlet of theKotzebue Sound .Named in 1816 by Lt.
Otto von Kotzebue (1821, p. 236) for Dr. Karl Espenberg, a surgeon who accompanied Captain (later Admiral, IRN)Adam Johann von Krusenstern on his voyage around the world in 1803-06.References
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