page_title: Melville Bay
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Melville Bay / History
context_page_description: Melville Bay, is a large bay off the coast of northwestern Greenland. Located to the north of the Upernavik Archipelago, it opens to the south-west into Baffin Bay. Its Kalaallisut name, Qimusseriarsuaq, means "the great dog sledding place".
  The bay was named after Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville, head of the Admiralty.
context_section_description: In the 19th century Melville Bay was an important place for whaling fleets.
caption: 1869 photograph of a steamer and a party of hunters in Melville Bay.
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