Melville Bay

Melville Bay, is a large bay off the coast of northwestern . Located to the north of the Upernavik Archipelago, it opens to the south-west into Baffin Bay.
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  • Type: Bay
  • Description: bay in Avannaata, Greenland
  • Also known as: Melville Bugt

Melville Bay

Latitude
75.78401° or 75° 47′ 2″ north
Longitude
-61.27728° or 61° 16′ 38″ west
Open location code
C77WQPMF+J3
Geo­Names ID
3831301
Wiki­data ID
Q2336534
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Melville Bay” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: خليج ميلفيل
  • Belarusian: Мелвіл (заліў)
  • Belarusian: Мелвіл
  • Bulgarian: Мелвил (залив)
  • Bulgarian: Мелвил
  • Catalan: badia de Melville
  • Catalan: Badia de Melville
  • Catalan: Badia Melville
  • Cebuano: Melville Bugt
  • Chinese: 梅爾維爾灣
  • Danish: Melville Bugt
  • Danish: Melvillebugten
  • Danish: Qimusseriarsuaq
  • Dutch: Melville Bay
  • French: baie de Melville
  • French: Baie de Melville
  • German: Melville-Bucht
  • Hebrew: מפרץ מלוויל
  • Italian: Baia di Melville
  • Italian: Melville Bugt
  • Japanese: メルヴィル湾
  • Japanese: メルビル湾
  • Kalaallisut: Qimusseriarsuaq
  • Kazakh: Мелвилл шығанағы
  • Latvian: Melvila līcis
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Melville Bay
  • Norwegian: Melville Bay
  • Polish: Melville
  • Polish: Zatoka Melville’a
  • Portuguese: Baía Melville
  • Russian: Мелвилл
  • Slovak: Melvillov záliv
  • Slovenian: Melvillov zaliv
  • Spanish: Bahia de Melville
  • Spanish: Bahía de Melville
  • Spanish: Bahia Melville
  • Spanish: Bahía Melville
  • Spanish: Melville Bay
  • Swedish: Melville Bay
  • Swedish: Melville Bugt
  • Swedish: Melvillebukten
  • Swedish: Qimusseriarsuaq
  • Venetian: Baja Melville
  • Vietnamese: vịnh Melville

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