Hochstetter Bay Explained

Hochstetter Bay
Other Name:Hochstetterbugten
Pushpin Map:Greenland
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Greenland
Location:Arctic
Coords:74.8833°N -63°W
Oceans:Greenland Sea
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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maps of East Greenland. 2008-11-30. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081227211838/http://www.eastgreenland.com/maps_itt.asp?lang=eng&Num=217. 2008-12-27.
  2. Web site: Hochstetterbugten. Mapcarta. 24 September 2019.