Makarov Basin

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oceanic basin submarine basin

Makarov Basin is a deep, remote oceanic basin in the Arctic Ocean, situated between major underwater ridges and adjacent basins such as the Amundsen Basin.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Makarov Basin canonical 4

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf oceanic basin ⓘ
submarine basin ⓘ
adjacentTo Amundsen Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Canada Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
boundedBy Alpha Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lomonosov Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mendeleev Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate polar ⓘ
connectedTo other Arctic basins via deep water circulation ⓘ
country international waters ⓘ
distanceFromNorthPole several hundred kilometers ⓘ
economicActivity very limited ⓘ
ecoregion High Arctic marine ecosystem ⓘ
exploredBy icebreaker expeditions ⓘ
seismic reflection surveys ⓘ
submarine surveys ⓘ
geologicalSetting Arctic Ocean deep basin ⓘ
oceanic crust ⓘ
governedBy United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature sea ice cover most of the year ⓘ
thick sediment cover ⓘ
hasSedimentsFrom Cenozoic era NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mesozoic era NERFINISHED ⓘ
humanPopulation uninhabited ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic Ocean ⓘ
Central Arctic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
maximumDepth approximately 4 km ⓘ
approximately 4000 m ⓘ
namedAfter Stepan Makarov NERFINISHED ⓘ
navigation difficult due to heavy sea ice ⓘ
oceanRegion Amerasian Arctic NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Amerasian Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
relativeLocation north of Siberia ⓘ
north of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago ⓘ
researchInterest Arctic climate change ⓘ
marine geology ⓘ
paleoceanography ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
seaIceCondition multi-year sea ice common ⓘ
separatedFrom Amundsen Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eurasian Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
waterMass Arctic deep water ⓘ
Atlantic-derived water ⓘ
Pacific-derived water ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Amundsen Basin → linkedTo → Makarov Basin ⓘ
Arctic Ocean seafloor → hasFeature → Makarov Basin ⓘ
Canada Basin and Makarov Basin → separatedFrom → Makarov Basin ⓘ
subject surface form: Canada Basin
Canada Basin and Makarov Basin → adjacentTo → Makarov Basin ⓘ
subject surface form: Canada Basin