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(geography) a bay, an inlet, (in the British sense) a creek (a (relatively long and narrow) inlet from the sea or a lake, as might instead and more specifically be called a fjord(“fjord”) if surrounded by cliffs (and substantially long))
a cozy little bay (might imply a short, "stumpy" but still more or less vik-shaped bay in this case)
Det bor några vikingar i viken
There are some Vikings living in the bay/creek (possibly though controversially related)
a gulf (in the names of some gulfs that are shaped more or less like a vik – the intuition is not normally of huge geographical features otherwise)
Usage notes
Might sometimes be a bit fuzzier or reflect conditions with less post-glacial rebound in place names. The description above matches the intuition otherwise.