Constable Bay

Constable Bay (Danish: Constable Bugt) is a bay in the Wandel Sea, Northern Greenland.^[1] Administratively Constable Bay and its surroundings belong to the Northeast Greenland National Park.

Constable Bay
Constable Bugt
Section of map published by Robert Peary in 1903 showing his 1900 explorations in far Northern Greenland.
Constable Bay Location in Greenland
Location	Peary Land, Arctic
Coordinates	83°36′N 32°33′W
Ocean/sea sources	Wandel Sea
Basin countries	Greenland
Max. length	5 km (3.1 mi)
Max. width	20 km (12 mi)
Frozen	All year round
Settlements	0

Constable Bay is the northernmost bay in the world. The area of the bay is uninhabited.

History

The bay was named in 1900 by Robert Peary after James M. Constable, a prominent member of the Peary Arctic Club in New York.^[2]

Geography

Constable Bay lies in the northernmost shore of Peary Land, in Johannes V. Jensen Land, about 35 km (22 mi) west of Bliss Bay and about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of Cape Morris Jesup. It is a fairly large indentation, with Cape James Hill rising at its eastern end.^[3] The bay is clogged by fast ice the year round.

The northern arm of the Sif Glacier, discharging from the Roosevelt Range to the south, ends in a valley with its mouth in Constable Bay, having formed prominent terminal moraines.^[4]

Map of Northern Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland.

See also

• List of northernmost items