Carolusbukta is a bay at the northern side of

Nordaustlandet Nordaustlandet (sometimes translated as North East Land) is the second-largest island in the archipelago of Svalbard, Norway, with an area of . It lies north east of Spitsbergen, separated by Hinlopen Strait. Much of Nordaustlandet lies under l ...

, Svalbard. It is located in the bay of Nordenskiöldbukta, west of

Rijpfjorden Rijpfjorden is a fjord at the northern side of Nordaustlandet Nordaustlandet (sometimes translated as North East Land) is the second-largest island in the archipelago of Svalbard, Norway, with an area of . It lies north east of Spitsbergen, s ...

, and is separated from

Sabinebukta Sabinebukta () is a bay at the northern side of Nordaustlandet, Svalbard. The bay is split into Vestre Sabinevågen and Austre Sabinevågen. The Sabine Islands The Sabines (; lat, Sabini; it, Sabini, all exonyms) were an Italic people who ...

by the peninsula

Reinhalvøya Reinhalvøya is a peninsula in Gustav V Land, at the northern coast of Nordaustlandet, Svalbard. It is located within the large bay Nordenskiöldbukta, south of Scoresbyøya and the Sabine Islands, and separates the bay of Sabinebukta from the ba ...

. The bay is named after Dutch cartographer

Joris Carolus Joris Carolus (–) was a Dutch cartographer and explorer who was employed by the Noordsche Compagnie and the Dutch East India Company. Career Carolus apparently was a native of Enkhuizen. After he lost a leg at the Siege of Ostend (1601–04) he ...

. It has a length of about three nautical miles.

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Bays of Svalbard Nordaustlandet {{Nordaustlandet-geo-stub