Amundsen Sea

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marginal sea sea

The Amundsen Sea is a remote, ice-covered marginal sea off the coast of West Antarctica, known for its rapidly thinning ice shelves and significant contribution to global sea-level rise.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Bellingshausen Sea	6
Amundsen Sea Embayment	2
Amundsen Sea in Antarctica	1
Amundsen Sea sector	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	marginal sea ⓘ sea ⓘ
adjacentTo	Amundsen Sea self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bellingshausen Sea Ross Sea ⓘ
climateChangeImpact	one of the fastest-warming regions in Antarctica ⓘ
coast	Marie Byrd Land coast ⓘ surface form: Marie Byrd Land
continentalShelf	wide and relatively deep shelf ⓘ
country	Antarctica ⓘ
discoveredBy	Amundsen Gjøa expedition ⓘ surface form: Norwegian expedition of Roald Amundsen
glaciologySignificance	major outlet for West Antarctic Ice Sheet ⓘ
governedBy	Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ
hasGlacier	Haynes Glacier ⓘ Kohler Glacier ⓘ Pine Island Glacier ⓘ Smith Glacier (Antarctica) ⓘ Thwaites Glacier ⓘ
hasMarineEcosystem	Antarctic marine ecosystem ⓘ
hasNoPermanentPopulation	true ⓘ
hasPart	Dotson Ice Shelf ⓘ Dotson Ice Shelf ⓘ surface form: Getz Ice Shelf Pine Island Bay ⓘ Dotson Ice Shelf ⓘ surface form: Pine Island Glacier ice shelf Dotson Ice Shelf ⓘ surface form: Thwaites Glacier ice shelf
iceShelfStatus	rapidly thinning ice shelves ⓘ
knownFor	contribution to global sea-level rise ⓘ rapid thinning of ice shelves ⓘ warm Circumpolar Deep Water intrusions beneath ice shelves ⓘ
latitudeApprox	around 72°S to 75°S ⓘ
locatedIn	Southern Ocean ⓘ West Antarctica ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf	Marie Byrd Land coast ⓘ surface form: Marie Byrd Land
longitudeApprox	around 100°W to 135°W ⓘ
namedAfter	Roald Amundsen ⓘ surface form: Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen Roald Amundsen ⓘ
oceanBasin	Southern Ocean ⓘ
oceanographicFeature	intrusion of Circumpolar Deep Water onto continental shelf ⓘ
partOf	Southern Ocean ⓘ
partOfIceSheetSystem	West Antarctica ⓘ surface form: West Antarctic Ice Sheet
primaryAccessMode	research vessels ⓘ
region	Amundsen Sea self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Amundsen Sea Embayment
researchFocus	ice–ocean interactions ⓘ stability of West Antarctic Ice Sheet ⓘ
seaIceCoverage	largely ice-covered for most of the year ⓘ
seaLevelRiseContribution	disproportionately large relative to its area ⓘ
threatenedBy	climate change ⓘ ocean warming ⓘ
typicalDepth	over 3000 meters in deep basins ⓘ
vulnerability	highly vulnerable to ocean-driven melting ⓘ