Vestvika
| Vestvika | ||
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| Waters | Riiser Larsen Lake | |
| Land mass | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 41 '55 " S , 32 ° 8' 50" E | |
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The Vestvika (Norwegian for West Bay is) a bay at the Princess Ragnhild Coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Lands . It lies on the west side of the Riiser-Larsen Peninsula and is occupied by the Stanjukowitsch Ice Shelf .
Norwegian cartographers, who also gave it its name, mapped it using aerial photographs from the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 .
Web links
- Vestvika Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Vestvika Bay on geographic.org (English)