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Titeltbukta (English: ''Ten Tents Bay'') is a bay on the northwestern coast of the Norwegian island of
Jan Mayen Jan Mayen () is a Norway, 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: la ...
. The name originates from the establishment of ten "tents", in reality wood and brick structures, as a basic
whaling station Whaling is the hunting of whales for their products such as meat and blubber, which can be turned into a type of oil that was important in the Industrial Revolution. Whaling was practiced as an organized industry as early as 875 AD. By the 16t ...
. This was set up in 1624 by Dutch whalers to lodge the men who flensed (cut up) the
whales Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully Aquatic animal, aquatic placental mammal, placental marine mammals. As an informal and Colloquialism, colloquial grouping, they correspond to large members of the infraorder Cetacea ...
. The Dutch also called it ''Zuidbaai'' (South Bay), in contrast to the other on the island, to the north at Engelskbukta).


References

* Hacquebord, Lawrens. (2004). The Jan Mayen Whaling Industry. Its Exploitation of the Greenland Right Whale and its Impact on the Marine Ecosystem. In: S. Skreslet (ed.), Jan Mayen in Scientific Focus. Amsterdam, Kluwer Academic Publishers. 229–238. * Norwegian Polar Institut
Place Names of Svalbard Database
Landforms of Jan Mayen Whaling stations in Norway Bays of Norway {{JanMayen-geo-stub