The Goodhope River is a 48 mi long river on the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Alaska

Alaska

Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...

. It heads about 5.3 mi WSW of Cloud Lake and flows NE to Goodhope Bay

Goodhope Bay

Goodhope Bay is a small bay in the Kotzebue Sound, on the Chukchi Sea-facing coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. Its size is only 16 mi. across.It is located on the northern coast of the Seward Peninsula, 30 mi. W of Deering; Kotzebue-Kobuk Low. ....

 in the Chukchi Sea

Chukchi Sea

Chukchi Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is bounded on the west by the De Long Strait, off Wrangel Island, and in the east by Point Barrow, Alaska, beyond which lies the Beaufort Sea. The Bering Strait forms its southernmost limit and connects it to the Bering Sea and the Pacific...

 about 27 mi W of Cape Deceit

Cape Deceit

Cape Deceit is a cape in Alaska. It is located in the Seward Peninsula on the Chukchi Sea coast.Cape Deceit extends into Kotzebue Sound, 2 mi. NW of Deering; Kotzebue-Kobuk Low.This cape's name was given in 1816 by Lt. Otto von Kotzebue...

 and Deering

Deering

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, Kotzebue-Kobuk Low. The entire course of the river lies within the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve

Bering Land Bridge National Preserve

The Bering Land Bridge National Preserve is one of the most remote United States national park areas, located on the Seward Peninsula. The National Preserve protects a remnant of the Bering Land Bridge that connected Asia with North America more than 13,000 years ago during the Pleistocene ice age...

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Name reported in 1901 by Mendenhall (1902, p. 27), USGS; derived from "Goodhope Bay". Its Inuit

Inuit

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name has not been reported.