Constable Bay ( da, Constable Bugt) 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 (geography), gulf, sea, sound (geography), sound, or bight (geogra ...
in the
Wandel Sea, Northern
Greenland.
Administratively Constable Bay and its surroundings belong to the
Northeast Greenland National Park
Northeast Greenland National Park ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaanni nuna eqqissisimatitaq, da, Grønlands Nationalpark) is the world's largest national park and the 10th List of largest protected areas in the world, largest protected area (the only large ...
.
Constable Bay is the northernmost bay in the world. The area of the bay is uninhabited.
History
The bay was named in 1900 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 is best known for, in Apri ...
after James M. Constable, a prominent member of the
Peary Arctic Club
The Peary Arctic Club was an American-based 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. Navy Department to grant th ...
in
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[R. E. Peary, ''Report of RE Peary, CE, USN, on Work Done in the Arctic in 1898-1902'', 1903 - JSTOR]
Geography
Constable Bay lies in the northernmost shore of
Peary Land, in
Johannes V. Jensen Land
Johannes V. Jensen Land is an area in Peary Land, Northern Greenland. Administratively it lies in the Northeast Greenland National Park zone. The area is remote and currently uninhabited.
Johannes V. Jensen Land is the northernmost region on Earth ...
, about west of
Bliss Bay and about east of
Cape Morris Jesup. It is a fairly large indentation, with
Cape James Hill rising at its eastern end.
[''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute,'' p. 130] The bay is clogged by
fast ice the year round.
The northern arm of the
Sif Glacier
Sif Glacier ( da, Sifs Gletscher), is a glacier in northern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.
History
The Sif Glacier was seen during aerial surveys by Lauge Koch and was named after Sif, the goddess ...
, discharging from the
Roosevelt Range to the south, ends in a valley with its mouth in Constable Bay, having formed prominent terminal
moraines.
[Early to middle Holocene valley glaciations on northernmost Greenland The terminal moraine in Constable Bugt](_blank)
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See also
* List of northernmost items
References
External links
The terminal moraine in Constable BugtGreenland North Coast - Jeff SheaGeese, seabirds and mammals in North and Northeast Greenland
Bays of Greenland
Peary Land
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