Hochstetterbugten
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Hochstetterbugten is a broad bay in Greenland
, 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
.
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.
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
, between Hochstetter Foreland and Shannon Island
Shannon Island
Shannon is a large island in the Sermersooq municipality, in eastern Greenland, to the east of Hochstetter Foreland, with an area of . It was named by Douglas Charles Clavering on his 1823 expedition for the Royal Navy frigate HMS Shannon, a 38 gun frigate on which he served as midshipman under Sir...
to the north, Kuhn Island to the west, and Wollaston Foreland
Wollaston Foreland
Wollaston Foreland is a large peninsular land area bounded by Hochstetter Bay and Young Sund in East Greenland. It was named by William Scoresby in 1822 as a testimony of respect to William Hyde Wollaston....
and the Pendulum Islands
Little Pendulum Island
Little Pendulum Island is an island to the north east of Wollaston Foreland, Greenland. Together with Sabine Island , it constitutes the Pendulum Islands, named by Douglas Charles Clavering’s 1823 expedition, during which the Irish scientist Edward Sabine swung the pendulum on the largest of the...
to the south. To the east, the bay opens to the Greenland Sea
Greenland Sea
The Greenland Sea is a body of water that borders Greenland to the west, the Svalbard archipelago to the east, Fram Strait and the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Norwegian Sea and Iceland to the south. The Greenland Sea is often defined as part of the Arctic Ocean, sometimes as part of the...
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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.