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Weddell Sea. Argentine Antarctica, British Antarctic Territory, partially within the Antarctic Chilean Territory. 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.
28 sie 2021 · The Weddell Sea is an extension of the Southern Ocean located between West Antarctica’s Antarctic Peninsula and East Antarctica’s Coats Land. The heavily iced sea contains the Weddell Gyre and is part of an area claimed by Argentina, Britain, and Chile.
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. Photo: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, CC BY 2.0.
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14 paź 2024 · Weddell Sea, large embayment of the Antarctic coastline that forms a deep southward extension of the Southern Ocean. The Weddell Sea is bounded on the west by the Antarctic Peninsula, on the east by Coats Land of East Antarctica, and on the extreme south by frontal barriers of the Filchner and Ronne ice shelves.
Weddell Sea, hiszp. Mar de Weddell) – morze przybrzeżne będące częścią Oceanu Południowego, położone u wybrzeży Antarktydy między Półwyspem Antarktycznym na zachodzie i Ziemią Coatsów na południowym wschodzie, nazwane na cześć żeglarza Jamesa Weddella (1787–1834), który spenetrował akwen w 1823 roku.
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.
