Godthab Gulf

Godthab Gulf (Danish: Godthåb Golf), also known as Godthaab Golf, Clavering Fjord, Clavering Sound and Inner Bay, is a fjord in King Christian X Land, East Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.

For the fjord in the western coast, see Nuup Kangerlua.
Godthab Gulf
Godthåb Golf
Map section with the gulf near the bottom.
Godthab Gulf
Location in Greenland
LocationArctic
Coordinates74°6′N 22°0′W
Ocean/sea sourcesGael Hamke Bay
Greenland Sea
Basin countriesGreenland
Max. length30 kilometres (19 mi)
Max. width20 kilometres (12 mi)

History

The bay was named "Godthaab Golf" during the 1929–1930 Expedition to East Greenland by Lauge Koch after expedition ship Godthaab, a 287-ton barquentine built at Sandefjord (Norway) in 1898 and purchased by the Greenland Administration (Grønlands Styrelse).[1]

Geography

Godthab Gulf lies southwest of Clavering Island and north of Cape Stosch and the northern coastline of Hold with Hope. It is only 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) wide at the entrance, but it widens to almost 20 kilometres (12 mi) towards its head.[2]

To the east lie the Finsch Islands, where the fjord widens and becomes Gael Hamke Bay. Loch Fyne fjord has its mouth in the southern and the Copeland Fjord in the northern shore, with Payer Land to the northwest. The Wordie Glacier has its terminus in Wordie Bay, a small bay at the head of the fjord. A. Schmidt Glacier, Nippoldt Glacier and Haussman Glacier are small glaciers flowing north into Wordie Bay from the Norlund Alps. Hudson Land lies to the southwest and further to the west is Steno Land.[3]

Map of Northeastern Greenland
East Greenland Terra/MODIS satellite image

See also

References
  1. "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  2. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 122
  3. "Lille Finsch Ø". Mapcarta. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
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