Claim: Eschscholtz Bay is up to eleven miles wide, it is located on the northern coast of the Seward Peninsula and was discovered in 1816.
Evidence: It is up to eleven miles wide, and separated from the outer Kotzebue Sond by Choris Peninsula and Chamisso Island. It is located on the northern coast of the Seward Peninsula, 45 miles southwest of Selawik, Kotzebue-Kobuk Low. Eschscholtz Bay was discovered and named in 1816 by Lt. Otto von Kotzebue after his ship's physician, Dr. Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz.