Lincoln Sea
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The Lincoln Sea is a marginal sea in the high Arctic, located north of Greenland and Canada, known for its thick, perennial sea ice.
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
marginal sea
ⓘ
sea ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Nansen Basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Arctic Ocean central basin
Nares Strait ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Canada
ⓘ
Ellesmere Island ⓘ Greenland ⓘ |
| hasAverageIceThickness | among thickest in Arctic Ocean ⓘ |
| hasBasinCountry |
Canada
ⓘ
Greenland ⓘ |
| hasClimate | polar climate ⓘ |
| hasGeographicFeature |
continental shelf margins of Ellesmere Island
ⓘ
continental shelf margins of Greenland ⓘ |
| hasIceCover |
multi‑year pack ice
ⓘ
perennial sea ice ⓘ |
| hasLatitudeRange | approximately 82–84 degrees north ⓘ |
| hasNavigationCondition | largely non‑navigable due to heavy ice ⓘ |
| hasOceanographicRole | source region for thick multi‑year ice exported through Fram Strait ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryLanguageOfAdjacentLands |
Danish
ⓘ
English ⓘ Inuktitut ⓘ |
| hasSalinity | oceanic salinity ⓘ |
| hasSurface | sea water ⓘ |
| hasTypicalSeaIceType |
first‑year sea ice
ⓘ
multi‑year sea ice ⓘ |
| hasWaterType | salt water ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Arctic marginal seas ⓘ |
| knownFor |
multi‑year sea ice
ⓘ
thick perennial sea ice ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arctic Ocean
ⓘ
Arctic region ⓘ
surface form:
High Arctic
|
| locatedNorthOf |
Canada
ⓘ
Ellesmere Island ⓘ Greenland ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| partOf | Arctic Ocean ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.