North Star Bay

North Star Bay, also known as Thule Harbor and Wolstenholme Bay, is at the mouth of in north-west . The Dundas Peninsula, terminating in the mesa-like Mount Dundas, is at the north-eastern end of the bay.
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  • Type: Cove
  • Description: thule army base
  • Also known as: “Bylot Sound” and “Thule Harbor”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pituffik Space Base and Comer’s Midden.

Aerodrome
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, formerly Thule Air Base, is a United States Space Force base located on the northwest coast of in the Kingdom of Denmark under a defense agreement between Denmark and the . is situated 3½ km southeast of North Star Bay.

Dwelling
Comer's Midden was a 1916 archaeological excavation site at Uummannaq, known as Dundas in English, north of Mt. Dundas in the Thule area of North Star Bay, in northern .

Dwelling
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is a former Inughuit settlement in North Star Bay, near Mount Dundas at the eastern end of in northern . It was located on the plain that is now occupied by the runway of the U.S. is situated 3 km southeast of North Star Bay.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thule.

Village
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is a village.

North Star Bay

Latitude
76.55419° or 76° 33′ 15″ north
Longitude
-68.82231° or 68° 49′ 20″ west
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
C78HH53H+M3
Geo­Names ID
11746743
Wiki­data ID
Q7056846
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Satellite Map

Discover North Star Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“North Star Bay” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “North Star Bugt”
  • Danish: “North Star Bay”
  • Dutch: “Bylot Sound”
  • Dutch: “North Star Bay”
  • Dutch: “Thule Harbor”
  • French: “baie North Star”
  • French: “Baie North Star”
  • Hebrew: “מפרץ נורת‘ סטאר”
  • Hebrew: “מפרץ נורת’ סטאר”
  • Japanese: “テューレ湾”
  • Macedonian: “Норт Стар (залив)”
  • Macedonian: “Норт Стар”
  • Swedish: “North Star Bugt”
  • Turkish: “North Star Bay”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Uummannaq and Sioraq.

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