Nansen Basin

Summary

Nansen Basin is an oceanic basin^[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of oceanic_basin entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Nansen Basin is on the body of water Arctic Ocean^[3].
• Nansen Basin's image is recorded as Arctic profile hg.png^[4].
• Nansen Basin's instance of is recorded as oceanic basin^[5].
• Fridtjof Nansen is named after Nansen Basin^[6].
• Fram is named after Nansen Basin^[7].
• Nansen Basin's bathymetry image is recorded as Рельеф Сев. Лед. океана.png^[8].
• Nansen Basin's part of is recorded as Eurasian Basin^[9].
• Nansen Basin's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 84.5, 'lon': 65}^[10].
• Nansen Basin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06zkvkr^[11].
• Nansen Basin's CGNDB unique ID is recorded as MAGGR^[12].
• Nansen Basin's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Fram-Basin^[13].
• Nansen Basin's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Nansen-Basin^[14].
• Nansen Basin's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12208_v7^[15].
• Nansen Basin's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2248168^[16].
• Nansen Basin's vertical depth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+3975'}^[17].
• Nansen Basin's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778190274^[18].

Body

Geography

Nansen Basin is on the body of water Arctic Ocean^[3]. Its part of is recorded as Eurasian Basin^[9].

Designation and Status

Nansen Basin's instance of is recorded as oceanic basin^[5].

History and Context

Things named after include Fridtjof Nansen^[6], a zoologist^[19], 1861–1930^[20], of Norway^[21], awarded the Nobel Peace Prize^[22], specialised in oceanography^[23] and Fram^[7], a three-masted schooner^[24], in Norway^[25], founded in 1892^[26].

Why It Matters

Nansen Basin ranks in the top 10% of oceanic_basin entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27]