Greenland Sea

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body of water marginal sea sea

The Greenland Sea is a marginal sea in the Arctic region between Greenland and Svalbard, known for its cold waters, sea ice, and role in North Atlantic deep water formation.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Greenland Sea region 2
Greenland Sea Deep Water 1
Greenland Sea sector of the Arctic Ocean 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf body of water ⓘ
marginal sea ⓘ
sea ⓘ
borders Arctic Ocean ⓘ
Greenland ⓘ
Norwegian Sea ⓘ
Svalbard ⓘ
connectedTo Arctic Ocean via Fram Strait ⓘ
Norwegian Sea ⓘ
hasClimate polar climate ⓘ
hasCurrent East Greenland Current ⓘ
Jan Mayen Current ⓘ
West Spitsbergen Current ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
hydrocarbon exploration ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
hasFeature abyssal plain ⓘ
continental shelf ⓘ
pack ice ⓘ
polynyas ⓘ
sea ice ⓘ
hasMarineLife phytoplankton ⓘ
polar bears ⓘ
seals ⓘ
whales ⓘ
zooplankton ⓘ
hasNearbyArchipelago Svalbard ⓘ
hasNearbyIsland Jan Mayen ⓘ
hasProcess brine rejection ⓘ
deep water convection ⓘ
sea ice formation ⓘ
hasSalinity high-latitude ocean salinity typical of Arctic seas ⓘ
hasSubregion Fram Strait ⓘ
Greenland Basin ⓘ
Iceland Sea ⓘ
Jan Mayen Fracture Zone ⓘ
influences North Atlantic circulation ⓘ
global climate system ⓘ
knownFor formation of North Atlantic Deep Water ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic Ocean ⓘ
Arctic region ⓘ
partOf Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

global thermohaline circulation ⓘ
separatedFrom Norwegian Sea ⓘ
separatedFromBy Jan Mayen Ridge ⓘ
subjectTo climate change impacts ⓘ
sea ice variability ⓘ
waterTemperature cold ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

East Greenland Current → adjacentTo → Greenland Sea ⓘ
Jan Mayen Current → affectsRegion → Greenland Sea ⓘ
Greenland and Svalbard → border → Greenland Sea ⓘ
Arctic Archipelago → borderedBy → Greenland Sea ⓘ
Norwegian Sea → bordersWaterBody → Greenland Sea ⓘ
Iceland Sea → connectedTo → Greenland Sea ⓘ
Fram Strait → connectsBodyOfWater → Greenland Sea ⓘ
Greenland Basin → containsWaterMass → Greenland Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenland Sea Deep Water
Arctic drainage basin → drainsInto → Greenland Sea ⓘ
East Greenland Current → flowsThrough → Greenland Sea ⓘ
Arctic Ocean → hasPart → Greenland Sea ⓘ
Greenland Basin → locatedIn → Greenland Sea ⓘ
Jan Mayen Fracture Zone → locatedIn → Greenland Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norwegian-Greenland Sea region
West Spitsbergen Current → locatedIn → Greenland Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenland Sea region
Denmark Strait → partOf → Greenland Sea ⓘ
European seas → partOf → Greenland Sea ⓘ
Fram Strait → partOf → Greenland Sea ⓘ
Arctic Circle → passesThrough → Greenland Sea ⓘ
Svalbard → sea → Greenland Sea ⓘ
Greenland Basin → seafloorFeatureOf → Greenland Sea ⓘ
Greenland and Svalbard → separatedBy → Greenland Sea ⓘ
Jan Mayen Ridge → separates → Greenland Sea ⓘ
Jan Mayen Ridge → underlies → Greenland Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenland Sea region
Molloy Deep → waterBody → Greenland Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenland Sea sector of the Arctic Ocean