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Amundsen Sea

part of the Southern Ocean
Place marginal_sea Q72154
Amundsen Sea
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Summary

Amundsen Sea is a marginal sea[1]. It draws 302 Wikipedia views per month (marginal sea category, ranking #22 of 27).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Antarctic Treaty area[3]
  • Continent: Antarctica[4]
  • Named after: Roald Amundsen[5]
  • Part of: Southern Ocean[6]
  • Commons category: Amundsen Sea[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Amundsen Sea[8]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[9]
  • Native label: Amundsen Sea[10]
  • Salinity: 33.5 per mille[11]
  • Vertical depth: 585 m[12]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]

Why It Matters

Amundsen Sea has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Roald Amundsen

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → /static/img/amundsen-sea.jpg
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Antarctic Treaty area
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Located in the administrative territorial entity: Antarctic Treaty area, fix redirect Antarctic Treaty area → Antarctic Treaty area ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/bf164d4e5ee1|d"
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