Peters Bay

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Peters Bay
Peters Bugt
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Peters Bay
Location in Greenland
Location Arctic
Coordinates 75°18′N20°8′W / 75.300°N 20.133°W / 75.300; -20.133 Coordinates: 75°18′N20°8′W / 75.300°N 20.133°W / 75.300; -20.133
Ocean/sea sources Greenland Sea
Basin  countries Greenland
Max. length20 km (12 mi)
Max. width9 km (5.6 mi)
Average depth55 m (180 ft)
Settlements Jonsbu, abandoned

Peters Bay (Danish : Peters Bugt) is a bay of the Greenland Sea in King Christian X Land, Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area.

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History

The bay was first surveyed by Carl Koldewey during the 1869–70 Second German North Polar Expedition. It was named "Peters Bay" (German : Peters Bai) after German zoologist and explorer Wilhelm Peters (1815 – 1883), who wrote one of the zoological texts for Koldewey's expedition report. [1]

In 1932 a Norwegian hunting station was built on the western shore of the bay, about 15 km (9.3 mi) northeast of the mouth of Ardencaple Fjord. It was named Jonsbu (Jónsbú) after Norwegian trapper John Schjelderup Giæver (1901–1970). The station was destroyed by a vessel of the Greenland Patrol in World War II. [1]

Geography

The bay lies in Northeastern Greenland, by the southwestern shore of Hochstetter Foreland, part of Queen Margrethe II Land. The Ardencaple Fjord has its mouth to the SW of the bay, beyond Cape Klinkerfues. The southeasternmost headland is Karls Pynt, north of which lies Lauge Koch Cove (Lauge Koch Vig). [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  2. ↑ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 124
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