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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.
27 lut 2019 · These are the principal maps and illustrations from Weddells book A Voyage towards the South Pole 1822-1824. The Weddell Sea is named after this Royal Navy...
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.
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.
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. Map. Directions.
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.
Scarred and chiseled sea ice in the Weddell Sea. The sea is named after the British sailor James Weddell who entered the sea in 1823. The Weddell Seal is one of the animals that live in the area. The Weddell Sea has said by scientists to have the clearest water of any sea.
