Scotia Sea

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marginal sea sea

The Scotia Sea is a remote, stormy marginal sea in the South Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean, lying between the tip of South America and Antarctica and known for its rich marine ecosystems and strong ocean currents.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Scotia Sea region	3

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	marginal sea ⓘ sea ⓘ
adjacentTo	Drake Passage ⓘ South Atlantic ⓘ surface form: South Atlantic Ocean Weddell Sea ⓘ
boundedBy	Scotia Arc ⓘ South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ⓘ surface form: South Georgia Island South Orkney Islands ⓘ South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ⓘ surface form: South Sandwich Islands South Shetland Islands ⓘ
characterizedBy	frequent storms ⓘ rough seas ⓘ strong winds ⓘ
governedBy	Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources ⓘ surface form: Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
hasClimate	polar maritime climate ⓘ
hasFishingActivity	krill fishery ⓘ toothfish fishery ⓘ
hasPart	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ⓘ surface form: South Georgia Island South Orkney Islands ⓘ South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ⓘ surface form: South Sandwich Islands South Shetland Islands ⓘ
hasSeaIceSeasonality	seasonal sea ice cover ⓘ
hasStrongCurrent	Antarctic Circumpolar Current ⓘ Weddell–Scotia Confluence ⓘ
importantFor	Southern Ocean circulation ⓘ global thermohaline circulation ⓘ
isRemote	true ⓘ
isStormy	true ⓘ
knownFor	high biological productivity ⓘ important penguin colonies ⓘ large krill populations ⓘ rich marine ecosystems ⓘ seabird populations ⓘ whale feeding grounds ⓘ
locatedBetween	Antarctica ⓘ South America ⓘ
locatedIn	South Atlantic ⓘ surface form: South Atlantic Ocean sector Southern Ocean ⓘ
namedAfter	Scotia Arc ⓘ
oceanographicRegion	Antarctic Circumpolar Current ⓘ surface form: Antarctic Circumpolar Current system
partOf	Antarctic marine ecosystem ⓘ Southern Ocean ⓘ
salinity	high-latitude oceanic salinity ⓘ
seafloorFeature	Scotia Plate ⓘ Scotia Ridge ⓘ
subjectTo	international marine conservation measures ⓘ
tectonicSetting	Scotia Plate ⓘ surface form: Scotia Plate boundary region
waterTemperatureRange	cold ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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

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

Scotia Arc → borders → Scotia Sea ⓘ

Scotia Ridge → bounds → Scotia Sea ⓘ

Southern Ocean → contains → Scotia Sea ⓘ

South Scotia Ridge → geologicalProvince → Scotia Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scotia Sea region

Scotia Plate → hasFeature → Scotia Sea ⓘ

Orcadas Station → hasNearbyFeature → Scotia Sea ⓘ

South Scotia Ridge → liesSouthOf → Scotia Sea ⓘ

Scotia Plate → locatedIn → Scotia Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scotia Sea region

Scotia Plate → namedAfter → Scotia Sea ⓘ

South America by the Drake Passage → near → Scotia Sea ⓘ

South Sandwich Trench → nearbyFeature → Scotia Sea ⓘ

Bransfield Strait → partOf → Scotia Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scotia Sea region

North Scotia Ridge → relatedFeature → Scotia Sea ⓘ

Scotia Ridge → relatedFeature → Scotia Sea ⓘ

South Scotia Ridge → separates → Scotia Sea ⓘ

Scotia Plate → typeLocality → Scotia Sea ⓘ