Ross Sea

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bay marine ecoregion sea

The Ross Sea is a deep bay of the Southern Ocean off Antarctica, renowned for its largely untouched marine ecosystem and rich biodiversity.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Ross Sea canonical 48
Ross Sea region 6
Ross Sea sector of Antarctica 4

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bay ⓘ
marine ecoregion ⓘ
sea ⓘ
adjacentTo Marie Byrd Land coast ⓘ
surface form: Marie Byrd Land

Ross Island ⓘ
Victoria Land ⓘ
area about 637000 square kilometres ⓘ
climate polar climate ⓘ
conservationStatus designated marine protected area ⓘ
countryBorder Antarctica ⓘ
discoveredBy James Clark Ross ⓘ
discoveryYear 1841 ⓘ
ecoregionStatus one of the most pristine marine ecosystems on Earth ⓘ
fishingActivity limited commercial fishing ⓘ
governedBy Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ
hasIceShelf Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
hasPart Cape Adare ⓘ
Cape Colbeck ⓘ
Marie Byrd Land coast ⓘ
McMurdo Sound ⓘ
Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
Terra Nova Bay ⓘ
Victoria Land ⓘ
surface form: Victoria Land coast
hasSeaIce seasonal sea ice cover ⓘ
knownFor high marine biodiversity ⓘ
large populations of penguins ⓘ
large populations of seals ⓘ
large populations of whales ⓘ
largely untouched marine ecosystem ⓘ
rich benthic communities ⓘ
locatedIn Antarctica ⓘ
Southern Ocean ⓘ
marineProtectedAreaOf Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources ⓘ
maximumDepth about 4000 metres ⓘ
MPADuration 35 years ⓘ
MPAEffectiveFrom 2017 ⓘ
MPAEstablished 2016 ⓘ
MPAType no-take zone in large core area ⓘ
namedAfter James Clark Ross ⓘ
notableSpecies Adélie penguin ⓘ
Antarctic krill ⓘ
Antarctic toothfish ⓘ
Emperor penguin ⓘ
minke whale ⓘ
surface form: Minke whale

Weddell seal ⓘ
oceanBasin Pacific sector of Southern Ocean ⓘ
partOf Southern Ocean ⓘ
researchUse natural laboratory for climate change studies ⓘ
reference area for undisturbed marine ecosystems ⓘ

Referenced by (68)

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

Southern Ocean → contains → Ross Sea ⓘ
Ross Dependency → contains → Ross Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: McMurdo Sound
Ross Dependency → bordersOn → Ross Sea ⓘ
Antarctic Bottom Water → keyFormationRegion → Ross Sea ⓘ
Amundsen Sea → adjacentTo → Ross Sea ⓘ
West Antarctica → hasPart → Ross Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ross Sea sector
West Antarctica → borderedBySea → Ross Sea ⓘ
West Antarctic Rift System → associatedWith → Ross Sea ⓘ
Ross Dependency (New Zealand Antarctic territory) → contains → Ross Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: Ross Dependency
this entity surface form: Ross Sea region
Ross Dependency (New Zealand Antarctic territory) → contains → Ross Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: Ross Dependency
RRS Discovery → visitedRegion → Ross Sea ⓘ
James Clark Ross → discovered → Ross Sea ⓘ
James Clark Ross → honouredIn → Ross Sea ⓘ
Ross Ice Shelf → locatedIn → Ross Sea ⓘ
Ross Ice Shelf → hasFeature → Ross Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ross Sea Polynya
Ross Ice Shelf → adjacentTo → Ross Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ross Sea embayment
Scott Coast → borders → Ross Sea ⓘ
Scott Coast → hasCoastlineOn → Ross Sea ⓘ
Mount Erebus → locatedIn → Ross Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ross Sea region
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition → theatreOfOperations → Ross Sea ⓘ
Cape Colbeck → locatedOn → Ross Sea ⓘ
Marie Byrd Land coast → borders → Ross Sea ⓘ
Antarctic toothfish → distribution → Ross Sea ⓘ
Cape Adare → overlooks → Ross Sea ⓘ
McMurdo Sound → locatedIn → Ross Sea ⓘ
Terra Nova Bay → locatedIn → Ross Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: western Ross Sea
Terra Nova Bay → partOf → Ross Sea ⓘ
Terra Nova Bay → partOfRegion → Ross Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ross Sea sector of Antarctica
British Antarctic Expedition → destination → Ross Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ross Sea region
Pacific sector of Southern Ocean → includes → Ross Sea ⓘ
Transantarctic Mountains → adjacentTo → Ross Sea ⓘ
Executive Committee Range → nearestSea → Ross Sea ⓘ
Marie Byrd Land → locatedBetween → Ross Sea ⓘ
Marie Byrd Land → hasCoastlineOn → Ross Sea ⓘ
Ross Embayment → partOf → Ross Sea ⓘ
Ross Island → locatedIn → Ross Sea ⓘ
Black Island (Ross Archipelago) → locatedInOcean → Ross Sea ⓘ
Cape Royds → locatedOn → Ross Sea ⓘ
Eastern Rift Mountains → near → Ross Sea ⓘ
Cape Hallett → partOf → Ross Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ross Sea region
Cape Hallett → near → Ross Sea ⓘ
Cape Crozier → locatedIn → Ross Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ross Sea region
Cape Crozier → faces → Ross Sea ⓘ
Cape Crozier → hasSeaAccess → Ross Sea ⓘ
McMurdo Ice Shelf → locatedIn → Ross Sea ⓘ
McMurdo Ice Shelf → locatedIn → Ross Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Ross Sea
Franklin Island (Antarctica) → locatedIn → Ross Sea ⓘ
Franklin Island (Antarctica) → region → Ross Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: western Ross Sea
Roosevelt Island (Antarctica) → locatedIn → Ross Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ross Sea sector of Antarctica
Roosevelt Island (Antarctica) → partOf → Ross Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ross Sea Embayment