{{Short description|Bay in Greenland}} {{Infobox body of water | name= Foster Bay | native_name= | other_name= ''Foster Bugt'' | image = | caption = | pushpin_map = Greenland | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Greenland | location= Arctic | coords= {{coord|73|15|N|21|30|W|region:GL_type:waterbody_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline, title}} | rivers= | oceans= Greenland Sea | countries= Greenland | length= | width= | area= | depth= | settlements= }} '''Foster Bay''' ({{langx|da|Foster Bugt}}) is a large bay of the Greenland Sea in King Christian X Land, Eastern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area. ==Geography== The bay lies north-east of Geographical Society Island. The Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord has its mouth in the bay, between Cape Mackenzie at the eastern end of Geographical Society Island and Cape Franklin, the southern end of the mainland's Gauss Peninsula; Bantekoe Island lies in the bay off the mouth of the fjord.<ref>''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 120</ref>
The eastern end of the Gauss Peninsula and the southern shore of Hold with Hope form the northern limit of the bay.<ref name="cat">{{cite web | title = Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland | publisher = Geological Survey of Denmark | url = https://data.geus.dk/geusmap/?mapname=stednavnedb#baslay=baseMapGl&optlay=&extent=549832.8357720698,8582739.868248867,622444.3190166993,8680765.370629115&layers=grl_geus_north_east_higgins_map,grl_ne_higgins_placenames,grl_ne_placenames&filter_1=txt_search.part%3D%26placename%3D&filter_2=txt_search.part%3D%26placename%3D | accessdate = 7 August 2019}}</ref> Mackenzie Bay with Myggbukta is located roughly in the middle of this northern shore.<ref name="mapcarta">{{cite web|url=https://mapcarta.com/19189330|title=Myggbukta|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=2 August 2019}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} Category:Bays of Greenland
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