Jokel Bay
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Jokel Bay (Danish: Jøkelbugten) is a large bay in North Eastern Greenland.[1] The area of the bay is uninhabited. Administratively Jokel Bay and its surroundings belong to the Northeast Greenland National Park.
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Jokel Bay | |
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Jøkelbugten | |
Location in Greenland | |
Location | Arctic |
Coordinates | 78°25′N 20°20′W |
Ocean/sea sources | Greenland Sea |
Basin countries | Greenland |
Max. length | 140 km (87 mi) |
Max. width | 40 km (25 mi) |
Frozen | All year round |
Settlements | 0 |
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The bay was named after an old Norse word for glacier —Icelandic: Jökull— by the ill-fated Denmark expedition.[2]
Jokel Bay is clogged by fast ice the year round.