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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 .
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.
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.
21 maj 2018 · Media in category "Weddell Sea". The following 48 files are in this category, out of 48 total. "River" of sea ice in the Weddell Sea (MODIS 2018-04-09).jpg 1,600 × 1,200; 445 KB. A distant bow view of Endurance frozen into the ice floe (4792722677).jpg 1,280 × 954; 370 KB.
The Weddell Sea is one of few locations in the World Ocean where deep and bottom water masses are formed to contribute to the global thermohaline circulation which has been warming slowly over the last decade.
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.
Weddell Sea is the 'bay' in the top left corner. The Weddell Sea is part of the Southern Ocean and has the Weddell Gyre. The easternmost point is Cape Norvegia at Princess Martha Coast, Queen Maud Land. Much of the southern part of the sea, up to Elephant Island, is permanent ice. The sea is claimed by Argentina and Britain.
