Repulse Harbour ( da, Repulse Havn) is a

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in northern

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. To the northwest it opens into the

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Administratively it is a part of the

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History

The bay was named in September 1871 by Captain Hall during the Polaris expedition. Hall was looking for a wintering harbor and pushed northward with his ship after checking the bay, but could not go beyond 82° 10′ latitude on account of the ice and returned. Hall examined the bay again but found it unsuitable for wintering. There is a large cairn standing on one of the entrance points of the bay that was erected in April 1876 by senior Lieutenant

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of the

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. Lieutenant Beaumont's

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party were sent out by Captain Nares to explore the north coast of Greenland, having set out from Discovery Harbour on the

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side of the

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. When the party returned to Repulse Harbour its members were severely ill with

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and had to abandon some of their equipment at the cairn site.

Geography

Repulse Harbour is a small inlet that opens to the northwest 20 km to the northeast of

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, the eastern point of the mouth of Newman Fjord. It lies on the northern shore of

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, surrounded by low-lying terrain. The cliffs of the Black Horn Klint rise to the east of the bay along the coast.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute,'' p. 94Historical Records and Relics from the North Greenland Coast
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References

External links

Greely, ''The Scientific Results of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition''
Bays of Greenland {{Greenland-geo-stub sv:Repulse Havn

History

Geography

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