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.

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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

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Arctic drainage basin drainsInto Lincoln Sea
Arctic Ocean hasPart Lincoln Sea
Nansen Sound locatedNear Lincoln Sea
Lomonosov Ridge near Lincoln Sea