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[[File:Bell_sea_map.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Map showing location of the Bellingshausen Sea]] | [[File:Bell_sea_map.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Map showing location of the Bellingshausen Sea]] | ||
The '''Bellingshausen Sea''' is an area along the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula between 57°18'W and 102°20'W, west of Alexander Island, east of Cape Flying Fish on [[Thurston Island]], and south of [[Peter I Island]]. | The '''Bellingshausen Sea''' is an area along the west side of the [[Antarctic Peninsula]] between 57°18'W and 102°20'W, west of Alexander Island, east of Cape Flying Fish on [[Thurston Island]], and south of [[Peter I Island]]. | ||
Forming the southern coasts of the sea | Forming the southern coasts of the sea are, from west to east, [[Eights Coast]] of [[Westarctica]], the Bryan Coast, and the western portion of the English Coast of [[Antarctica]]. To the west of [[Cape Flying Fish]], it joins with the [[Amundsen Sea]]. | ||
The Bellingshausen Sea has an area of 487,000 km2 (188,000 sq mi) and reaches a maximum depth of 4.5 kilometers (2.8 mi). It contains the undersea plain, Bellingshausen Plain, submerged below its waters. | The Bellingshausen Sea has an area of 487,000 km2 (188,000 sq mi) and reaches a maximum depth of 4.5 kilometers (2.8 mi). It contains the undersea plain, Bellingshausen Plain, submerged below its waters. | ||
It takes its name from [[ | It takes its name from [[Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen|Admiral Thaddeus Bellingshausen]], who explored in the region in 1821. | ||
==Ancient History== | ==Ancient History== | ||
In the late Pliocene Epoch, about 2.15 million years ago, the Eltanin asteroid (about 1-4 km in diameter) impacted at the northern edge of the Bellingshausen sea. This is the only known impact in a deep-ocean basin in the entire world. | In the late Pliocene Epoch, about 2.15 million years ago, the Eltanin asteroid (about 1-4 km in diameter) impacted at the northern edge of the Bellingshausen sea. This is the only known impact in a deep-ocean basin in the entire world. | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Seas]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Geography of Westarctica]] |
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