Bliss Bay () is a

bay A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a ''gulf'', ''sea'', ''sound'', or ''bight''. A ''cove'' is a small, ci ...

in the

Wandel Sea The Wandel Sea (; also known as McKinley Sea) is a body of water in the Greenland Sea, stretching from northeast of Greenland to Svalbard. It is obstructed by ice most of the year. This sea is named after Danish polar explorer and hydrographer, ...

, Northern

Greenland Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenlan ...

. The area of the bay is uninhabited. Administratively Bliss Bay and its surroundings belong to the

Northeast Greenland National Park Northeast Greenland National Park (, ) is the world's largest national park and the 10th largest protected area (the only larger protected areas consist mostly of sea). Established in 1974, the Northeast Greenland national park expanded to its p ...

. Bliss Bay is clogged by

fast ice Fast ice (also called ''land-fast ice'', ''landfast ice'', and ''shore-fast ice'') is sea ice or lake ice that is "fastened" to the coastline, to the sea floor along shoals, or to grounded icebergs.Leppäranta, M. 2011. The Drift of Sea Ice. B ...

year round. Formerly there was an

automatic weather station An automatic weather station (AWS) is an automated version of the traditional weather station, either to save human labor or to enable measurements from remote areas. An AWS will typically consist of a weather-proof enclosure containing the data ...

in the bay. The bay was named by

Robert Peary Robert Edwin Peary Sr. (; May 6, 1856 – February 20, 1920) was an American explorer and officer in the United States Navy who made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was long credited as being ...

after E. W. Bliss, one of the founding members of the

Peary Arctic Club The Peary Arctic Club was an American-based Club (organization), club with the goal of promoting the Arctic expeditions of Robert Peary (1856–1920). This association of influential persons was able to overcome the opposition of the U.S. Nav ...

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York New York may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * ...

Geography

Bliss Bay lies in the northeastern shore of Johannes V. Jensen Land, NE

Peary Land Peary Land is a peninsula in northern Greenland, extending into the Arctic Ocean. It reaches from Victoria Fjord in the west to Independence Fjord in the south and southeast, and to the Arctic Ocean in the north, with Cape Morris Jesup, the nor ...

, about WNW of

Cape Bridgman Cape Bridgman () is a headland in the Wandel Sea, Arctic Ocean, northeast Greenland. The cape was named by Robert Peary after Herbert L. Bridgman, one of the members of the Peary Arctic Club in New York. The northernmost human remains of the I ...

and east of Constable Bay. It is a fairly large bay, located between

Cape James Hill Cape James Hill () is a headland in the Wandel Sea, Arctic Ocean, northeast Greenland. The cape was named by Robert Peary after James J. Hill, one of the members of the Peary Arctic Club in New York. Geography Cape James Hill is located east of ...

to the west and Cape J.P. Koch in the east. A river, Lokes Elv, discharges into the head of the bay.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute,'' p. 130

Kaffeklubben Island Kaffeklubben Island or Coffee Club Island (; ) is an uninhabited island lying off the northern shore of Greenland. It contains the undisputed northernmost point of land on Earth. History Kaffeklubben Island does not appear to have ever been ...

lies to the NW off the mouth of Bliss Bay. There are also numerous

skerries A skerry is a small rocky island, usually defined to be too small for habitation. Skerry, skerries, or The Skerries may also refer to: Geography Northern Ireland *Skerries, County Armagh, a List of townlands in County Armagh#S, townland in Coun ...

and small islands along the shore of the bay, as well as inside of it. The Moore Glacier, discharging from the easternmost subranges of the

Roosevelt Range The Roosevelt Range or Roosevelt Mountains () is a mountain range in Northern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. Its highest peak is the highest point in Peary Land. Located about from the N ...

, has its terminus in the SE shore of the bay.North coast of Greenland with location names mentioned in the text.(modified from Larsen et al., 2010)
/ref>

References

External links

Early to middle Holocene valley glaciations on northernmost GreenlandGreenland North Coast - Jeff SheaNorth America, Greenland, The Far North, Jensenland, Explorations of Most Northerly Land
Bays of Greenland Peary Land {{Greenland-geo-stub