Barclay Bay, Greenland

This article is about the bay in East Greenland. For the bay in Antarctica, see Barclay Bay.
Barclay Bay
Barclay Bugt
Barclay Bay is located in Greenland
Barclay Bay
Barclay Bay
Location in Greenland
LocationArctic
Coordinates69°14′N 25°1′W / 69.233°N 25.017°W / 69.233; -25.017
Ocean/sea sourcesDenmark Strait
Basin countriesGreenland
Max. length14 km (8.7 mi)
Max. width5 km (3.1 mi)

Barclay Bay (Danish: Barclay Bugt) is a bay in King Christian IX Land, Eastern Greenland.[1] The area of the bay is uninhabited. Administratively Barclay Bay and its surroundings belong to the Sermersooq municipality.

Geography

Barclay Bay lies in the Blosseville Coast south of Knighton Fjord. It stretches for about 14 km (8.7 mi) from east to west. Its mouth lies between Cape Barclay to the northeast and Cape Ryder to the southwest. Høst Havn is a small, protected inlet located close to the northern side of the mouth [2]

Map of Greenland section

References

  1. ^ "Barclay Bugt'". Mapcarta. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  2. ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 110


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