Breidvika
| Breidvika | ||
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| Waters | Riiser Larsen Lake | |
| Land mass | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 70 ° 15 ′ S , 24 ° 15 ′ E | |
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| width | 30 km | |
| depth | Max. 20 km | |
The Breidvika ( Norwegian for width Bay is) a bay in East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . On the Princess Ragnhild Coast , it penetrates up to 20 km inland into the ice shelf off this stretch of coast . Its minor bays include King Leopold III Bay , Baie Polarhav and Baie USS Glacier .
Norwegian cartographers, who also gave it its name, mapped it using aerial photos taken during the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 .
Web links
- Breid Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Breid Bay on geographic.org (English)