Titeltbukta (English: Ten Tents Bay) is a bay on the northwestern coast of the Norwegian island of Jan Mayen.[1] The name originates from the establishment of ten "tents", in reality wood and brick structures, as a basic whaling station. This was set up in 1624 by Dutch whalers to lodge the men who flensed (cut up) the whales.[1] The Dutch also called it Zuidbaai (South Bay),[1] in contrast to the other on the island, to the north at Engelskbukta).
References
edit- ^ a b c "Titeltbukta - Vik (Jan Mayen)". Norsk Polarinstitutt. 1 January 2008. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
- Hacquebord, Lawrens. (2004). The Jan Mayen Whaling Industry. Its Exploitation of the Greenland Right Whale and its Impact on the Marine Ecosystem. In: S. Skreslet (ed.), Jan Mayen in Scientific Focus. Amsterdam, Kluwer Academic Publishers. 229–238.
- Norwegian Polar Institute Place Names of Svalbard Database
70°54.5′N 8°56.7′W / 70.9083°N 8.9450°W
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