Hochstetter Bay

Hochstetter Bay
Hochstetterbugten
Hochstetter Bay is located in Greenland
Hochstetter Bay
Hochstetter Bay
Location in Greenland
LocationArctic
Coordinates74°53′N 18°45′W / 74.883°N 18.750°W / 74.883; -18.750
Ocean/sea sourcesGreenland Sea
Basin countriesGreenland

Hochstetter Bay (Danish: Hochstetterbugten) is a broad bay in northeastern Greenland. It is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park area.

The name is said to have been in use from 1929 by Danish hunters, and first appeared on the maps of the 1932 Gefion Expedition.[1]

  1. ^ "Maps of East Greenland". Archived from the original on 2008-12-27. Retrieved 2008-11-30.