Gael Hamke Bay Explained

Gael Hamke Bay
Other Name:Gael Hamkes Bugt
Pushpin Map:Greenland
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Greenland
Location:Arctic
Coords:74°N -50°W
Oceans:Greenland Sea
Countries:Greenland
Settlements:Eskimonaes and Dødemandsbugten (abandoned)

Gael Hamke Bay (Danish: Gael Hamkes Bugt) is a large bay in King Christian X Land, East Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.

The bay was named after a Dutch skipper that claimed to have discovered the bay in 1654.[1]

Geography

The bay lies south of Wollaston Foreland, north of Home Foreland, and east of Clavering Island. Towards the west lie the Finsch Islands, where the bay narrows and becomes the Godthab Gulf. The Young Sound has its mouth in the north, between the eastern end of Clavering Island and the southern shore of Wollaston Foreland. Jackson Island lies to the southeast at the mouth of the bay.[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland . Geological Survey of Denmark . 20 September 2019.
  2. Web site: Gael Hamke Bugt. Mapcarta. 20 September 2019.