Engelskbukta (Jan Mayen)

Topographic map of Jan Mayen

Engelskbukta (English: English Bay) is a broad, open bay mid-way up the west coast of the island of Jan Mayen. It lies between Kapp Rudsen and Kvalrossen, comprising Kvalrossbukta and Tømmerbukta. Presumably this is where the English resorted to in 1616, when they sent their first whaling ships to the island. The Dutch also called it Noordbaai (North Bay). The bay was the location of one of the two main Dutch whaling stations in the 17th century. In 1632 two Basque ships landed and plundered the station, causing the Dutch to send a wintering party of seven men in 1633-34. All perished.

References

Conway, William Martin (1904). Early Dutch and English Voyages to Spitsbergen in the Seventeenth Century. London.
Norwegian Polar Institute Place Names of Svalbard Database

Jan Mayen

General

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Geography

Land features	Beerenberg Eggøya Høybergodden Kapp Muyen Kapp Wien Nordkapp Rooberg Rudolftoppen Sørkapp Trollsletta

Water features	Båtvika Eggøybukta Engelskbukta Gouwenaerbåen Hoepstockbukta Hornbækbukta Jamesonbukta Maria Muschbukta Nansenflua Nordlaguna Rekvedbukta Sjuhollendarbukta Sørlaguna Titeltbukta

Human features	Olonkinbyen

Infrastructure

Coordinates: 70°57.3′N 8°46.7′W / 70.9550°N 8.7783°W / 70.9550; -8.7783

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