Constable Bay
Constable Bay (Danish: Constable Bugt) is a bay in the Wandel Sea, Northern Greenland.[1]Administratively Constable Bay and its surroundings belong to the Northeast Greenland National Park.
| Constable Bay | |
|---|---|
| Constable Bugt | |
  Constable Bay Location in Greenland | |
| Location | Peary Land, Arctic |
| Coordinates | 83°36′N 32°33′W |
| Ocean/sea sources | Wandel Sea |
| Basin countries | Greenland |
| Max. length | 5 km (3.1 mi) |
| Max. width | 20 km (12 mi) |
| Frozen | All year round |
| Settlements | 0 |
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 after James M. Constable, a prominent member of the Peary Arctic Club in New York.[2]
Geography
Constable Bay lies in the northernmost shore of Peary Land, in Johannes V. Jensen Land, about 35 km (22 mi) west of Bliss Bay and about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of Cape Morris Jesup. It is a fairly large indentation, with Cape James Hill rising at its eastern end.[3] The bay is clogged by fast ice the year round.
The northern arm of the Sif Glacier, discharging from the Roosevelt Range to the south, ends in a valley with its mouth in Constable Bay, having formed prominent terminal moraines.[4]
 Map of Northern Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland. |
 Section of map published by Robert Peary in 1903 showing his 1900 explorations in far Northern Greenland. |
See also
References
- "Constable Bugt". Mapcarta. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- R. E. Peary, Report of RE Peary, CE, USN, on Work Done in the Arctic in 1898-1902, 1903 - JSTOR
- Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 130
- Early to middle Holocene valley glaciations on northernmost Greenland The terminal moraine in Constable Bugt