Bliss Bay
{{Short description|Bay in Northeast Greenland National Park, Greenland}}
{{Infobox body of water
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| other_name= Bliss Bugt
| image = Operational Navigation Chart A-5, 3rd edition.jpg
| caption = Map of Northern Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland.
| pushpin_map = Greenland
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Greenland
| location= Peary Land, Arctic
| coords= {{Coord|83|33|N|29|0|W|region:RU_type:waterbody_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline, title}}
| rivers=
| oceans= Wandel Sea
| countries= Greenland
| length= {{convert|20|km|abbr=on}}
| width= {{convert|10|km|abbr=on}}
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| frozen= All year round
| settlements= 0
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Bliss Bay ({{langx|da|Bliss Bugt}}) is a bay in the Wandel Sea, Northern Greenland.{{cite web|url=https://mapcarta.com/19191216|title=Bliss Bugt|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=13 June 2019}} The area of the bay is uninhabited. Administratively Bliss Bay and its surroundings belong to the Northeast Greenland National Park.
Bliss Bay is clogged by fast ice year round. Formerly there was an automatic weather station in the bay.[https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Map-of-North-Greenland-The-two-automatic-weather-stations-were-located-in-Bliss-Bugt_fig1_316121197 Map of North Greenland. Automatic weather stations]
The bay was named by Robert Peary after E. W. Bliss, one of the founding members of the Peary Arctic Club in New York.[http://lanaii-thefamilyhistorian.blogspot.com/2014/08/how-did-frederick-e-hyde-fjord-get-its.html?m=1 How Did Frederick E. Hyde Fjord Get Its Name?]
Geography
Bliss Bay lies in the northeastern shore of Johannes V. Jensen Land, NE Peary Land, about {{convert|20|km|mi}} WNW of Cape Bridgman and {{convert|35|km|mi}} east of Constable Bay. It is a fairly large bay, located between Cape James Hill to the west and Cape J.P. Koch in the east. A river, Lokes Elv, discharges into the head of the bay.Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 130
Kaffeklubben Island lies to the NW off the mouth of Bliss Bay. There are also numerous skerries and small islands along the shore of the bay, as well as inside of it. The Moore Glacier, discharging from the easternmost subranges of the Roosevelt Range, has its terminus in the SE shore of the bay.[https://www.researchgate.net/figure/North-coast-of-Greenland-with-location-names-mentioned-in-the-text-The-inset_fig2_284358687 North coast of Greenland with location names mentioned in the text.(modified from Larsen et al., 2010)]
References
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External links
- [https://www.academia.edu/2914630/Early_to_middle_Holocene_valley_glaciations_on_northernmost_Greenland Early to middle Holocene valley glaciations on northernmost Greenland]
- [http://jeffshea.org/greenland-stray-dog-west-expedition/ Greenland North Coast - Jeff Shea]
- [http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12200424800/print North America, Greenland, The Far North, Jensenland, Explorations of Most Northerly Land]
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