Peters Bay ( da, Peters Bugt) is a bay of the

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King Christian X Land King Christian X Land ( da, Kong Christian X Land) is an area of northeastern Greenland. History This area was named after King Christian X of Denmark and Iceland (1870 – 1947), who rose to the throne in 1912. At the time of the Three-year E ...

Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is t ...

. Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area.

History

The bay was first surveyed by

Carl Koldewey Carl Christian Koldewey (26 October 1837 – 17 May 1908) was a German Arctic explorer. He led both German North Polar Expeditions. Life and career Koldewey was the son of merchant Johann Christian Koldewey and his wife Wilhelmine Meyer. Koldewey ...

during the 1869–70 Second

German North Polar Expedition The German North Polar Expeditions were a short series of mid-19th century German expeditions to the Arctic. The aim was to explore the North Pole region and to brand the newly united, Prussian-led German Empire as a great power. In 1866, German ge ...

. It was named "Peters Bay" (german: Peters Bai) after German zoologist and explorer

Wilhelm Peters Wilhelm Karl Hartwich (or Hartwig) Peters (22 April 1815 in Koldenbüttel – 20 April 1883) was a German natural history, naturalist and explorer. He was assistant to the anatomist Johannes Peter Müller and later became curator of the Natural ...

(1815 – 1883), who wrote one of the zoological texts for Koldewey's expedition report. In 1932 a Norwegian hunting station was built on the western shore of the bay, about northeast of the mouth of

Ardencaple Fjord Ardencaple Fjord is a fjord in King Christian X Land, northeastern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. History Ardencaple Fjord was named by Douglas Clavering as "Ardencaple Inlet" in 1823, but the in ...

. It was named Jonsbu ''(Jónsbú)'' after Norwegian trapper

John Schjelderup Giæver John Schjelderup Giæver (31 December 1901 – 9 November 1970) was a Norwegian author and polar researcher. Jónsbú Station in NE Greenland was named after him. Personal life He was born in Tromsø in Troms, Norway. He was the son of lawy ...

(1901–1970). The station was destroyed by a vessel of the

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Geography

The bay lies in Northeastern Greenland, by the southwestern shore of

Hochstetter Foreland Queen Margrethe II Land ( da, Dronning Margrethe II Land) is a peninsula in the northern limit of King Christian X Land, northeastern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area. History The peninsula was named aft ...

, part of

Queen Margrethe II Land Queen Margrethe II Land ( da, Dronning Margrethe II Land) is a peninsula in the northern limit of King Christian X Land, northeastern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area. History The peninsula was named a ...

. The

has its mouth to the SW of the bay, beyond

Cape Klinkerfues A cape is a clothing accessory or a sleeveless outer garment which drapes the wearer's back, arms, and chest, and connects at the neck. History Capes were common in medieval Europe, especially when combined with a hood in the chaperon. Th ...

. The southeasternmost headland is

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, north of which lies

Lauge Koch Cove Lauge is a Danish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Lauge Koch Lauge Koch (5 July 1892 – 5 June 1964) was a Danish geologist and Arctic explorer. Biography Lauge Koch was born in 1892 to Karl and Elisabeth Koch. His devel ...

''(Lauge Koch Vig)''.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 124

References

Bays of Greenland {{Greenland-geo-stub

History

Geography

See also

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