Byvågen
| Byvågen | ||
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| Waters | Lützow-Holm-Bucht | |
| Land mass | Prince Harald Coast , Queen Maud Land | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ S , 39 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Byvågen ( Norwegian for city bay ) is a small side bay in the east of Lützow-Holm-Bucht on the Prince Harald coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It lies between the headland of Skarvsnes and Byvågåsane .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named it, mapped the bay based on aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 .
Web links
- Byvågen Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Byvågen Bay on geographic.org (English)