Hochstetter Bay

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Hochstetter Bay
Hochstetterbugten
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Hochstetter Bay
Location in Greenland
Location Arctic
Coordinates 74°53′N18°45′W / 74.883°N 18.750°W / 74.883; -18.750 Coordinates: 74°53′N18°45′W / 74.883°N 18.750°W / 74.883; -18.750
Ocean/sea sources Greenland Sea
Basin  countries Greenland

Hochstetter Bay (Danish : Hochstetterbugten) is a broad bay in northeastern Greenland. It is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park area.

The name is said to have been in use from 1929 by Danish hunters, and first appeared on the maps of the 1932 Gefion Expedition. [1]

Geography

This bay is located between Hochstetter Foreland and Shannon Island to the north, Kuhn Island to the west, and Wollaston Foreland and the Pendulum Islands to the south. To the east, the bay opens to the Greenland Sea. Ardencaple Fjord and Grandjean Fjord have their mouths in the northwestern area of the bay, and Lindeman Fjord and Albrecht Bay in the southwestern. [2]

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Map of Northeastern Greenland

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References

  1. "Maps of East Greenland". Archived from the original on 2008-12-27. Retrieved 2008-11-30.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. "Hochstetterbugten". Mapcarta. Retrieved 24 September 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)