Arctic Ocean

smallest, shallowest, coldest, and northernmost of the world's major oceans
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Arctic Ocean
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The Arctic Ocean is an ocean. It is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceans. Located primarily in the Arctic North Polar Region, it is almost completely surrounded by Eurasia and North America.

The Arctic Ocean is partly covered by sea ice throughout the year, with the extent varying seasonally. It plays a critical role in global climate regulation and ocean circulation.

Arctic Ocean

Summary

Arctic Ocean is an ocean[1]. It draws 1,251 Wikipedia views per month (ocean category, ranking #5 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • Arctic Ocean is located in international waters[3].
  • Arctic Ocean's video is recorded as North Pole Sea Ice 1990-1999.ogv[4].
  • Arctic Ocean's image is recorded as Arctic Ocean.png[5].
  • Arctic Ocean's instance of is recorded as ocean[6].
  • Arctic Ocean's instance of is recorded as adjacent sea[7].
  • north is named after Arctic Ocean[8].
  • Arctic Ocean's inflows is recorded as Kukpuk River[9].
  • Arctic Ocean's inflows is recorded as Wolf River[10].
  • Arctic Ocean's inflows is recorded as Hood River[11].
  • Arctic Ocean's basin country is recorded as Russia[12].
  • Arctic Ocean's basin country is recorded as Norway[13].
  • Arctic Ocean's basin country is recorded as Iceland[14].
  • Arctic Ocean's basin country is recorded as Greenland[15].
  • Arctic Ocean's basin country is recorded as Canada[16].
  • Arctic Ocean's basin country is recorded as United States[17].
  • Arctic Ocean's bathymetry image is recorded as Arctic Ocean bathymetric features.png[18].
  • Arctic Ocean's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 248963128[19].
  • Arctic Ocean's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315125268[20].
  • Arctic Ocean's GND ID is recorded as 4042569-1[21].
  • Arctic Ocean's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85006951[22].
  • Arctic Ocean's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 152898754[23].
  • Arctic Ocean's IdRef ID is recorded as 027523594[24].
  • Arctic Ocean's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00563373[25].
  • Arctic Ocean's part of is recorded as Atlantic Ocean[26].
  • Arctic Ocean's Commons category is recorded as Arctic Ocean[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Arctic Ocean include Articuno[28], a flying-type Pokémon[29] and 1031 Arctica[30], an asteroid[31].

Why It Matters

Arctic Ocean draws 1,251 Wikipedia views per month (ocean category, ranking #5 of 6).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for it include Articuno[28], a flying-type Pokémon[29] and 1031 Arctica[30], an asteroid[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · 99of9 · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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