Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea marine ecoregion

Summary

Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea marine ecoregion is a MEOW marine ecoregion^[1].

Key Facts

• Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea marine ecoregion is on the body of water Amundsen Sea^[2].
• Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea marine ecoregion is on the body of water Bellingshausen Sea^[3].
• Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea marine ecoregion is on the body of water Southern Ocean^[4].
• Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea marine ecoregion's continent is recorded as Antarctica^[5].
• Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea marine ecoregion's instance of is recorded as MEOW marine ecoregion^[6].
• Amundsen Sea is named after Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea marine ecoregion^[7].
• Bellingshausen Sea is named after Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea marine ecoregion^[8].
• Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea marine ecoregion's part of is recorded as Continental High Antarctic marine province^[9].
• Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea marine ecoregion's described by source is recorded as Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas^[10].
• Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea marine ecoregion's connects with is recorded as Antarctic Peninsula marine ecoregion^[11].
• Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea marine ecoregion's connects with is recorded as Peter the First Island marine ecoregion^[12].
• Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea marine ecoregion's connects with is recorded as Ross Sea marine ecoregion^[13].

Body

Geography

Adjacent water bodies include Amundsen Sea^[2], a marginal sea^[14]; Bellingshausen Sea^[3], a marginal sea^[15]; and Southern Ocean^[4], an ocean^[16]. Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea marine ecoregion's continent is recorded as Antarctica^[5]. Its part of is recorded as Continental High Antarctic marine province^[9].

Designation and Status

Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea marine ecoregion's instance of is recorded as MEOW marine ecoregion^[6].

History and Context

Things named after include Amundsen Sea^[7], a marginal sea^[17] and Bellingshausen Sea^[8], a marginal sea^[18].