Weddell Sea

Summary

Weddell Sea is a marginal sea^[1]. It draws 280 Wikipedia views per month (marginal_sea category, ranking #13 of 27).^[2]

Key Facts

• Weddell Sea is located in Antarctic Treaty area^[3].
• Weddell Sea's image is recorded as NASA's DC-8 Flying Over the Weddell Sea.jpg^[4].
• Weddell Sea's continent is recorded as Antarctica^[5].
• Weddell Sea's instance of is recorded as marginal sea^[6].
• James Weddell is named after Weddell Sea^[7].
• Weddell Sea's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 247180128^[8].
• Weddell Sea's GND ID is recorded as 4064942-8^[9].
• Weddell Sea's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh86002289^[10].
• Weddell Sea's part of is recorded as Southern Ocean^[11].
• Weddell Sea's Commons category is recorded as Weddell Sea^[12].
• Weddell Sea's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 9356342^[13].
• Weddell Sea's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -73, 'lon': -45}^[14].
• Weddell Sea's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01k6ps^[15].
• Weddell Sea's GNIS Antarctica ID is recorded as 16370^[16].
• Weddell Sea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Weddell Sea^[17].
• Weddell Sea's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0071929^[18].
• Weddell Sea's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[19].
• Weddell Sea's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[20].
• Weddell Sea's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Weddell-Sea^[21].
• Weddell Sea's GeoNames ID is recorded as 4036624^[22].
• Weddell Sea's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 1112324^[23].
• Weddell Sea's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2800000'}^[24].
• Weddell Sea's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 4704341^[25].
• Weddell Sea's SCAR Composite Gazetteer place ID is recorded as 15833^[26].
• Weddell Sea's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Weddellhavet^[27].

Body

Geography

Weddell Sea is located in Antarctic Treaty area^[3]. Its continent is recorded as Antarctica^[5]. Its part of is recorded as Southern Ocean^[11].

Physical Characteristics

Weddell Sea's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2800000'}^[24].

Designation and Status

Weddell Sea's instance of is recorded as marginal sea^[6].

History and Context

James Weddell is named after Weddell Sea^[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Weddell Sea include Weddell Gyre^[28], an ocean gyre^[29] and weddellite^[30], a mineral species^[31].

Why It Matters

Weddell Sea draws 280 Wikipedia views per month (marginal_sea category, ranking #13 of 27).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for it include Weddell Gyre^[28], an ocean gyre^[29] and weddellite^[30], a mineral species^[31].