Weddell Sea

E27719

marginal sea sea

The Weddell Sea is a large, ice-covered marginal sea off Antarctica known for its massive ice shelves, dense cold waters, and role in global ocean circulation.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Weddell Sea canonical	47
Weddell Sea region	9
Weddell Sea sector of Antarctica	5
southern Weddell Sea	2
Weddell Polynya	1
Weddell Sea area	1
Weddell Sea coast	1
northern Weddell Sea	1
northwestern Weddell Sea	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	marginal sea ⓘ sea ⓘ
boundedBy	Antarctic Peninsula ⓘ Coats Land ⓘ Queen Maud Land ⓘ
countryBorder	Antarctica ⓘ
discoveredBy	James Weddell ⓘ
discoveryYear	1823 ⓘ
hasClimate	polar climate ⓘ
hasEcosystem	Antarctic marine ecosystem ⓘ
hasFeature	Weddell Gyre ⓘ continental shelf ⓘ continental slope ⓘ polynyas ⓘ sea ice ⓘ
hasHazard	heavy pack ice for navigation ⓘ
hasIceShelf	Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf ⓘ Larsen Ice Shelf ⓘ
hasMaximumDepth	over 5000 meters ⓘ
hasOceanCurrent	Weddell Gyre ⓘ
hasResearchActivity	climate research ⓘ oceanographic research ⓘ sea-ice research ⓘ
hasSalinity	high salinity in deep waters ⓘ
hasTemperature	very low water temperatures ⓘ
inhabitedBy	Antarctic krill ⓘ Weddell seal ⓘ penguins ⓘ seabirds ⓘ whales ⓘ
knownFor	dense cold waters ⓘ formation of Antarctic Bottom Water ⓘ high sea-ice concentration ⓘ massive ice shelves ⓘ role in global ocean circulation ⓘ
locatedIn	Antarctica ⓘ surface form: Antarctic region Southern Ocean ⓘ
locatedOnSideOf	east side of Antarctic Peninsula ⓘ
namedAfter	James Weddell ⓘ
oceanPartOf	South Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean ⓘ surface form: Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean
partOf	Southern Ocean ⓘ
playsRoleIn	carbon sequestration in the ocean ⓘ global thermohaline circulation ⓘ ventilation of deep ocean ⓘ
seaIceType	multi-year sea ice ⓘ
surfaceCoveredBy	sea ice ⓘ
waterMassFormation	Antarctic Bottom Water ⓘ Antarctic Bottom Water ⓘ surface form: Weddell Sea Deep Water
waterType	saltwater ⓘ

Referenced by (68)

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

Southern Ocean → contains → Weddell Sea ⓘ

Base General Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme → locatedNear → Weddell Sea ⓘ

Antarctic Peninsula → borderedBy → Weddell Sea ⓘ

Antarctic Bottom Water → keyFormationRegion → Weddell Sea ⓘ

O’Higgins Station → locatedNear → Weddell Sea ⓘ

Trinity Peninsula → borders → Weddell Sea ⓘ

Graham Land → borderedBy → Weddell Sea ⓘ

Base O’Higgins → hasNearbyGeographicFeature → Weddell Sea ⓘ

Scotia Sea → adjacentTo → Weddell Sea ⓘ

South Scotia Ridge → separates → Weddell Sea ⓘ

South Scotia Ridge → liesNorthOf → Weddell Sea ⓘ

Scotia Arc → separates → Weddell Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Weddell Sea region

Palmer Land → borders → Weddell Sea ⓘ

Orcadas Station → hasNearbyFeature → Weddell Sea ⓘ

Signy Research Station → nearbySea → Weddell Sea ⓘ

South Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean → adjacentTo → Weddell Sea ⓘ

Marambio Base → regionServed → Weddell Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Weddell Sea sector of Antarctica

Joinville Island group → surroundedBy → Weddell Sea ⓘ

Joinville Island group → partOf → Weddell Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Weddell Sea sector of Antarctica

Joinville Island group → seaArea → Weddell Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: northwestern Weddell Sea

Coronation Island → hasCoastlineOn → Weddell Sea ⓘ

Signy Island → hasNearbyWaterBody → Weddell Sea ⓘ

James Weddell → reachedGeographicLocation → Weddell Sea ⓘ

James Weddell → explored → Weddell Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Weddell Sea region

James Weddell → hasPartNamedAfter → Weddell Sea ⓘ

Weddell Gyre → locatedIn → Weddell Sea ⓘ

Weddell Gyre → associatedWith → Weddell Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Weddell Polynya

Weddell Gyre → namedAfter → Weddell Sea ⓘ

Powell Island → hasNearbyWaterBody → Weddell Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Weddell Sea region

Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition → theatreOfOperations → Weddell Sea ⓘ

Antarctic toothfish → distribution → Weddell Sea ⓘ

Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf → locatedIn → Weddell Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Weddell Sea

Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf → partOf → Weddell Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Weddell Sea sector of Antarctica

Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf → fronts → Weddell Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Weddell Sea

Coats Land → partOf → Weddell Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Weddell Sea sector of Antarctica

Coats Land → sea → Weddell Sea ⓘ

Larsen Ice Shelf → borderedBy → Weddell Sea ⓘ

Cape Obelisk → hasCoast → Weddell Sea ⓘ

Swedish Antarctic Expedition → regionExplored → Weddell Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Weddell Sea area

Cape Legoupil → hasNearbySea → Weddell Sea ⓘ

Transantarctic Mountains → adjacentTo → Weddell Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Weddell Sea region

Foyn Coast → hasCoastlineOn → Weddell Sea ⓘ

Bowman Coast → borders → Weddell Sea ⓘ

Hope Bay → partOf → Weddell Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Weddell Sea region

Bone Bay → partOf → Weddell Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Weddell Sea region

Oscar II Coast → borderedBy → Weddell Sea ⓘ

Nordenskjöld Coast → borderedBy → Weddell Sea ⓘ

Weddell–Scotia Confluence → locatedBetween → Weddell Sea ⓘ

Weddell–Scotia Confluence → connects → Weddell Sea ⓘ

Weddell–Scotia Confluence → borderedBy → Weddell Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern Weddell Sea