Foster Bay
| Foster Bay | |
|---|---|
| Foster Bugt | |
  Foster Bay Location in Greenland | |
| Location | Arctic |
| Coordinates | 73°15′N 21°30′W / 73.250°N 21.500°WCoordinates: 73°15′N 21°30′W / 73.250°N 21.500°W |
| Ocean/sea sources | Greenland Sea |
| Basin countries | Greenland |
Foster Bay (Danish: Foster Bugt) is a large bay of the Greenland Sea in King Christian X Land, Eastern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area.
Geography[]
The bay lies north-east of Geographical Society Island. The Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord has its mouth in the bay, between at the eastern end of Geographical Society Island and , the southern end of the mainland's Gauss Peninsula; lies in the bay off the mouth of the fjord.[1]
The eastern end of the Gauss Peninsula and the southern shore of Hold with Hope form the northern limit of the bay.[2] Mackenzie Bay with Myggbukta is located roughly in the middle of this northern shore.[3]
References[]
- ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 120
- ^ "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ "Myggbukta". Mapcarta. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
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