Foster Bay

Foster Bay
Location
Location Arctic
Coordinates 73°15′N 21°30′W / 73.250°N 21.500°W / 73.250; -21.500Coordinates: 73°15′N 21°30′W / 73.250°N 21.500°W / 73.250; -21.500
Ocean/sea sources Greenland Sea
Basin countries Greenland

Foster Bay is a large bay of the Greenland Sea in King Christian X Land, Eastern Greenland.

Geography

The bay lies north-east of Geographical Society Island. The Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord has its mouth in the bay, between Cape Mackenzie at the eastern end of Geographical Society Island and Cape Franklin, the southern end of the mainland's Gauss Peninsula; Bantekoe Island lies in the bay off the mouth of the fjord.[1]

The eastern end of the Gauss Peninsula and the southern shore of Hold with Hope form the northern limit of the bay.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 120
  2. ↑ "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland" (PDF). Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 18 June 2016.


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