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Diskobukta    (Approved)
  Area:Svalbard
  Position:77°56.0'N 21°28.0'E
  Map sheet:S100 E10 Guldalen
S1000 Svalbard
  Category:Bay
  References:Svalbard chart S. 5 (1933)

Definition:
Open bay on the western coast of Edgeøya

Origin:
Disko = "Probably the English Duckes Cove became Dusko in the Dutch's mouth…", Scoresby is the first to misspell it Discö

Diskobukta, see red dot

(longitude rounded to nearest degree, latitude to 0.1 degree)

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