Gouwenaerbåen (

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: ''Gouwenaer Reef'') is a 10 m (33 ft) shoal or reef southeast of Eggøya, on the southern coast of the island of

Jan Mayen Jan Mayen () is a Norwegian volcanic island in the Arctic Ocean with no permanent population. It is long (southwest-northeast) and in area, partly covered by glaciers (an area of around the Beerenberg volcano). It has two parts: larger ...

. It is named after the

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seafarer Jacob de Gouwenaer, who was master of the ''Orangienboom'' in 1614, when he had first come upon the island (although he had been preceded by another Dutch expedition as well as a French one the same year). His name had originally been attached to Rekvedbukta.

References

* Norwegian Polar Institut
Place Names of Svalbard Database
Landforms of Jan Mayen Reefs of Norway {{JanMayen-geo-stub