Difference between revisions of "Weddell Sea"

The '''Weddell Sea''' is part of the Southern Ocean and contains the [[Weddell Gyre]]. Its land boundaries are defined by the bay formed from the coasts of [[Coats Land]] and the [[Antarctic Peninsula]]. The easternmost point is [[Cape Norvegia]] at [[Princess Martha Coast]], [[Queen Maud Land]]. To the east of Cape Norvegia is the [[King Haakon VII Sea]]. Much of the southern part of the sea is covered by a permanent, massive ice shelf field, the [[Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf]] (not pack ice). The sea is contained within the two overlapping [[Antarctic]] territorial claims of Argentina, and Britain ([[British Antarctic Territory]]), and also resides partially within the territorial claim of Chile ([[Antártica Chilena Province|Antarctic Chilean Territory]]). At its widest the sea is around 2000 km across, and its area is around 2.8 million km².

The '''Weddell Sea''' is part of the Southern Ocean and contains the [[Weddell Gyre]]. Its land boundaries are defined by the bay formed from the coasts of [[Coats Land]] and the [[Antarctic Peninsula]]. The easternmost point is [[Cape Norvegia]] at [[Princess Martha Coast]], [[Queen Maud Land]]. To the east of Cape Norvegia is the [[King Haakon VII Sea]]. Much of the southern part of the sea is covered by a permanent, massive ice shelf field, the [[Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf]] (not pack ice). The sea is contained within the two overlapping [[Antarctic]] territorial claims of Argentina, and Britain ([[British Antarctic Territory]]), and also resides partially within the territorial claim of Chile ([[Antártica Chilena Province|Antarctic Chilean Territory]]). At its widest the sea is around 2000 km across, and its area is around 2.8 million km².