Maria Muschbukta (English: ''Maria Musch Bay'') is an open bay between Fulgeberget and Kvalrossen, on the western coast of the Norwegian 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 shipowner

Maria Musch {{Short description, Dutch shipowner Maria Musch (d. 21 April 1635), was a Dutch shipowner. She was a major partner of the pioneer whaling company ''Kleine Noordse Compagnie'' (1616), which initiated the whaling industry around Jan Mayen. The bay M ...

. She was a member of the ''Kleine Noordse Compagnie'', which sent a ship to Jan Mayen in 1616Dalgård (1962), p. 196 as part of early Dutch whaling. This ship was the first to use the bay to hunt

whales Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully aquatic placental marine mammals. As an informal and colloquial grouping, they correspond to large members of the infraorder Cetacea, i.e. all cetaceans apart from dolphins and ...

. The name is shown on

Joan Blaeu Joan Blaeu (; 23 September 1596 – 21 December 1673) was a Dutch cartographer born in Alkmaar, the son of cartographer Willem Blaeu. Life In 1620, Blaeu became a doctor of law but he joined the work of his father. In 1635, they publish ...

's 1662 map of the island.

References

* *Norwegian Polar Institut
Place Names of Svalbard Database
Bays of Jan Mayen Whaling stations in Norway Bays of Norway {{JanMayen-geo-stub