Hoepstockbukta (
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: ''Hoepstock Bay'') is a small cove 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 ...
and is named after Mathijs Jansz. Hoepstock,
a
Rotterdam whaler, who was the first to use the bay in 1616.
The cove is shown on Joan Blaeu's 1662 map of the island.
References
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* Norwegian Polar Institut
Place Names of Svalbard Database
Bays of Jan Mayen
Whaling stations in Norway
Coves
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