Laptev Sea

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body of water marginal sea sea

The Laptev Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean off the northern coast of Siberia, known for its extensive sea ice and role as a major source of Arctic sea ice formation.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Laptev Sea canonical 61
Laptev Sea shelf 2
Khariton Laptev 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf body of water ⓘ
marginal sea ⓘ
sea ⓘ
borderedBy Russia ⓘ
Siberia ⓘ
boundedBy New Siberian Islands ⓘ
Severnaya Zemlya archipelago ⓘ
Taymyr Peninsula ⓘ
climateType polar climate ⓘ
connectedByStrait Dmitry Laptev Strait ⓘ
Sannikov Strait ⓘ
Vilkitsky Strait ⓘ
connectedTo Arctic Ocean ⓘ
East Siberian Sea ⓘ
Kara Sea ⓘ
hasArea approximately 672000 square kilometres ⓘ
hasAverageDepth approximately 50 metres ⓘ
hasAverageShelfDepth less than 50 metres ⓘ
hasBiodiversityFeature habitat for Arctic marine mammals ⓘ
habitat for seabirds ⓘ
hasCoastlineFeature extensive tundra coasts ⓘ
low-lying delta plains ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
shipping along Northern Sea Route ⓘ
hasIsland Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island ⓘ
surface form: Belkovsky Island

Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island ⓘ
Kotelny Island (southern shores) ⓘ
Stolbovoy Island ⓘ
hasMajorRiverInflow Anabar River ⓘ
Khatanga River ⓘ
Lena River ⓘ
Olenyok River ⓘ
Yana River ⓘ
hasMaximumDepth approximately 3385 metres ⓘ
hasNotableDelta Lena River Delta ⓘ
hasPermafrost subsea permafrost in shelf areas ⓘ
hasSedimentaryEnvironment wide continental shelf ⓘ
hasSummerCondition partial sea-ice retreat in late summer ⓘ
hasTypicalIceRegime frozen most of the year ⓘ
knownFor large seasonal sea-ice variability ⓘ
major source region of Arctic sea ice formation ⓘ
polynyas and flaw leads ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic Ocean ⓘ
Eastern Hemisphere ⓘ
Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
locatedInCountry Russia ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf Siberia ⓘ
namedAfter Dmitry Laptev ⓘ
Laptev Sea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Khariton Laptev
partOf Arctic Ocean ⓘ
Northern Sea Route region ⓘ
seaIceCoverage extensive ⓘ

Referenced by (66)

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

Stolbovoy Island → locatedIn → Laptev Sea ⓘ
Stolbovoy Island → sea → Laptev Sea ⓘ
Khatanga River → mouth → Laptev Sea ⓘ
Khatanga River → emptiesInto → Laptev Sea ⓘ
Dmitry Laptev → hasNamesake → Laptev Sea ⓘ
Anabar River → flowsInto → Laptev Sea ⓘ
Anabar River → mouthLocation → Laptev Sea ⓘ
Transpolar Drift Stream → hasSourceRegion → Laptev Sea ⓘ
Eurasian continental margin → hasPart → Laptev Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laptev Sea shelf
icebreaker Sibiryakov → operatedIn → Laptev Sea ⓘ
Bunge Land → sea → Laptev Sea ⓘ
Anzhu Islands → locatedIn → Laptev Sea ⓘ
Anzhu Islands → hasSea → Laptev Sea ⓘ
Faddeyevsky Island → locatedIn → Laptev Sea ⓘ
Faddeyevsky Island → sea → Laptev Sea ⓘ
Boreogadus saida → distribution → Laptev Sea ⓘ