Wordie Bay (Greenland)

Wordie Bay (Danish: Wordie Bugt) is a bay in eastern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.

For the bay in Antarctica, see Wordie Bay.
Wordie Bay
Wordie Bugt
Wordie Bay is located in Greenland
Wordie Bay
Wordie Bay
Location in Greenland
LocationArctic
Coordinates74°3.7′N 22°20.09′W
Ocean/sea sourcesGodthab Gulf
Gael Hamke Bay
Greenland Sea
Basin countriesGreenland
Max. length7 kilometres (4.3 mi)
Max. width5 kilometres (3.1 mi)

History

The bay appeared as "Wordiebukta" on the 1932 Norwegian Svalbard and Arctic Ocean Survey Norges Svalbard og Ishavsundersøkelser (NSIU) map. Like the glacier at its head, it was named after Scottish polar explorer James Wordie (1889–1962).[1]

Geography

Wordie Bay is a section of fjord at the head of the Godthab Gulf. It is located at the terminus of the Wordie Glacier, between Stromtangen and Cape Ruth. There are several nunataks rising above the shore. Cape Ruth is at the southeastern end of Jordanhill, a conspicuous 1,410 metres (4,630 ft) high promontory rising by the shore of the bay on the northern side.[2] The bay has a width of about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) at the head, widening to almost 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of Cape Ruth.[3]

Besides the great Wordie Glacier in the west, A. Schmidt Glacier, Nippoldt Glacier and Haussman Glacier are small glaciers flowing north into Wordie Bay from the Norlund Alps.[1] Hudson Land lies to the south and further to the west is Steno Land.[3]

Map of Northeastern Greenland
East Greenland Terra/MODIS satellite image

References
  1. "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  2. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 122
  3. "Kap Ruth". Mapcarta. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
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