Chukchi Sea

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The Chukchi Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean located between Alaska and Siberia, known for its icy waters, rich marine life, and strategic importance for Arctic shipping routes.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf marginal sea
sea
adjacentTo Beaufort Sea
borderedBy Alaska
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Russia
United States
connectedBy Bering Strait
connectedTo Bering Sea
East Siberian Sea
countryOnCoast Russia
United States
governedBy United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
hasArea approximately 595000 square kilometers
hasAverageDepth 80 m
hasCharacteristic rich marine biodiversity
seasonal sea ice cover
shallow continental shelf
hasClimate polar climate
hasMajorPortNearby Nome
Pevek
hasMaximumDepth 1258 m
hasPrimaryCirculation inflow from Pacific Ocean through Bering Strait
hasResourcePotential offshore natural gas
offshore oil
hasSalinity variable Arctic marine salinity
hasSeason long winter ice season
short open-water season
hasWaterType saltwater
importantFor Arctic shipping routes
Indigenous subsistence hunting
marine mammal habitat
inhabitedBy beluga whale
bowhead whale
polar bear
seals
walrus
locatedBetween Alaska
Siberia
locatedIn Arctic region
locatedOnCoastOf Alaska North Slope
Chukotka Peninsula
namedAfter Chukchi people
partOf Arctic Ocean
subjectTo sea ice loss due to climate change
usedFor commercial shipping
fishing
scientific research


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