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.
4-560: The bay was named after a Dutch skipper that claimed to have discovered the bay in 1654. The bay lies south of Wollaston Foreland , north of Home Foreland , and east of Clavering Island . Towards the west lie the Finsch Islands , where the bay narrows and becomes the Godthab Gulf . The Young Sound has its mouth in the north, between the eastern end of Clavering Island and the southern shore of Wollaston Foreland. Jackson Island lies to
8-593: A testimony of respect to William Hyde Wollaston . It was also surveyed and explored by the Second German North Polar Expedition 1869–70 led by Carl Koldewey . The Danish Sirius Dog Sled Patrol has its headquarters at Daneborg on the southeastern shore. The Zackenberg research station is situated further West, near Young Sound . Wollaston Foreland is bounded in the north by the Lindeman Fjord and Albrecht Bay of Hochstetter Bay , in
12-551: The east by the Greenland Sea , in the south by the Young Sound and Gael Hamke Bay and in the west by A. P. Olsen Land . To the south and southwest across Young Sound lies large Clavering Island , close off northeast Sabine Island , and close off north Kuhn Island . Cape Wynn is the peninsula's easternmost point. Wollaston Foreland is mountainous. Its highest point is the massive-looking 1444 m high Dombjerg , located in
16-538: The southeast at the mouth of the bay. This Greenland location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Wollaston Foreland Wollaston Foreland ( Danish : Wollaston Forland ) is a peninsula in King Christian X Land , East Greenland . Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area. This peninsula was named by William Scoresby in 1822 as
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