| Dove Bay | |
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| Dove Bugt | |
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  Dove Bay Location in Greenland | |
| Location | Arctic |
| Coordinates | 76°30′N20°0′W / 76.500°N 20.000°W |
| Ocean/sea sources | Greenland Sea |
| Basin countries | Greenland |
| Max. length | 120 km (75 mi) |
| Max. width | 35 km (22 mi) |
Dove Bay (Danish : Dove Bugt) is a bay in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland. It is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park area.
Dove bay is said to have been the legendary Breidifjòrdr of the Sagas of Icelanders. [1]
It was named Dove Bai by the Second German North Polar Expedition led by Carl Koldewey after German physicist and meteorologist Heinrich Wilhelm Dove (1803–79). [2]
Dove Bay is a large bay located between Cape Bismarck in Germania Land to the north, a complex cluster of coastal islands to the west, Store Koldewey to the east and Adolf S. Jensen Land to the southwest. Besides Store Koldewey, there are numerous islands in the periphery of the bay such as Edward Island, Godfred Hansen Island, Lindhard Island, Nanok Island, Tvillingerne and Djævleøen —with its conspicuous Teufelkap. There are also fjords, such as the Mørkefjord and Hellefjord, having their mouth in the bay. To the south, the bay opens to the Greenland Sea through the Storebaelt (Store Bælt) strait. [3]
The bay is usually free from ice in August and September. Its waters are deep. [4]
The Danmarkshavn weather station is located north of the bay on the southern shore of the Germania Land Peninsula. [5]
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Danmarkshavn is a small weather station located in Dove Bay, on the northeastern shore of the Germania Land Peninsula, in Northeast Greenland National Park, Greenland.
Store Koldewey, meaning 'Big Koldewey', is the largest of the Koldewey Islands in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland.
The German North Polar Expeditions were a short series of mid-19th century German expeditions to the Arctic. The aim was to explore the North Pole region and to brand the newly united, Prussian-led German Empire as a great power. In 1866, German geographer August Petermann wrote a pamphlet strongly advocating German participation in the international quest for the North Pole, which stimulated a German expedition.
Wollaston Foreland is a peninsula in King Christian X Land, East Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area.
Sabine Island is an island to the northeast of Wollaston Foreland, previously known as Inner Pendulum Island. It is in the Northeast Greenland National Park area.
Germania Land or Germanialand is a peninsula in northeastern Greenland. Despite the high latitude it is largely unglaciated.
Carl Christian Koldewey was a German Arctic explorer. He led both German North Polar Expeditions.
Godfred Hansen Island is an uninhabited island of the Greenland Sea, Greenland.
Bessel Fjord is a fjord in northeastern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area.
King Frederik VIII Land is a major geographic division of northeastern Greenland. It extends above the Arctic Circle from 76°N to 81°N in a North-South direction along the coast of the Greenland Sea.
Adolf S. Jensen Land is a peninsula in the southern limit of King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area.
The Denmark expedition, also known as the Denmark Expedition to Greenland's Northeast Coast and the Danmark Expedition after the ship's name, was an expedition to northeastern Greenland in 1906–1908.
Seal Lake, also known as Sael Lake, Saelso, Saelsöen and Sælsø, is a land-locked freshwater fjord in southern King Frederick VIII Land, in Greenland's northeastern coast. The Danish weather station Danmarkshavn —the only inhabited place in the area— lies about 30 km (19 mi) to the east. The lake and its surroundings are part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.
Mørkefjord, meaning in Danish "The dark fjord," is a fjord in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland.
Ardencaple Fjord is a fjord in King Christian X Land, northeastern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
Skaer Fjord, is a fjord in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland.
Devil Island is an uninhabited island of King Frederick VIII Land, NE Greenland.
Teufelkap, meaning "Devil Cape", is a headland in King Frederick VIII Land, Northeast Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
Young Sound is a marine channel with a fjord structure in King Christian X Land, East Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.
Cape Bismarck is a headland in King Frederick VIII Land, Northeast Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
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