SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.

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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Djupvika (NOR) 69° 45' 00.0" S 37° 52' 00.0" E
Name ID: 115014 Place ID: 3698

Bay between Botnneset and Djupvikneset, Prins Harald Kyst. Djup=deep.

Djupvika (RUS) 69° 45' 00.0" S 37° 45' 00.0" E
Name ID: 117716 Place ID: 3698

Djupvika (USA) 69° 44' 00.0" S 37° 54' 00.0" E
Name ID: 124401 Place ID: 3698

A bay between Botnneset and Djupvikneset Peninsulas in the SW part of Lutzow-Holm Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Djupvika (the deep bay) because of its deep indentation of the coast.

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