Tvaren

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Coordinates: 58 ° 45 ′ 56 ″  N , 17 ° 24 ′ 53 ″  E

Map: Södermanland
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Södermanland County

Tvären is a circular bay in the Baltic Sea in the municipality of Nyköping in the province of Södermanland County near Studsvik in Sweden .

The bay has a diameter of about 4 km and is located above an old, buried and no longer visible impact crater . The crater has a diameter of about 2 km. Its age is estimated to be around 455 million years.

The asteroid (7771) Tvären is named after the bay.

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