Gael Hamke Bay | |
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Gael Hamkes Bugt | |
Location in Greenland | |
Location | Arctic |
Coordinates | 74°00′N 20°30′W / 74.000°N 20.500°W |
Ocean/sea sources | Greenland Sea |
Basin countries | Greenland |
Settlements | Eskimonaes and Dødemandsbugten (abandoned) |
Gael Hamke Bay (Danish: Gael Hamkes Bugt) is a large bay in King Christian X Land, East Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.
The bay was named after a Dutch skipper that claimed to have discovered the bay in 1654.[1]