White Sea

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Arctic sea inlet marginal sea

The White Sea is a southern inlet of the Barents Sea in the northwest of Russia, known as an important Arctic marginal sea with major ports like Arkhangelsk and connections to Russia’s inland waterways.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Белое море 2
Pechora Sea 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arctic sea ⓘ
inlet ⓘ
marginal sea ⓘ
averageDepth approximately 60 metres ⓘ
basinCountry Russia ⓘ
belongsTo Arctic region ⓘ
surface form: Russian Arctic
climate subarctic ⓘ
connectedTo Baltic Sea ⓘ
Caspian Sea ⓘ
Kem River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mezen River ⓘ
Northern Dvina River ⓘ
Onega River ⓘ
Sea of Azov ⓘ
Volga–Baltic Waterway ⓘ
White Sea–Baltic Canal ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
freezingPeriod typically from October or November to May ⓘ
hasPart Dvina Bay ⓘ
Kandalaksha ⓘ
surface form: Kandalaksha Gulf

Mezen Bay ⓘ
Onega Bay ⓘ
hasPort Arkhangelsk ⓘ
White Sea Karelia ⓘ
surface form: Belomorsk

Kandalaksha ⓘ
Severodvinsk ⓘ
historicalSignificance important port for trade with Western Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries ⓘ
one of Russia’s earliest maritime trade routes ⓘ
iceCoverage largely covered by ice in winter ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic Ocean ⓘ
surface form: Arctic Ocean basin

northwest Russia ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf Arkhangelsk Oblast ⓘ
Karelia ⓘ
Murmansk Oblast ⓘ
majorCityOnCoast Arkhangelsk ⓘ
Severodvinsk ⓘ
maximumDepth approximately 340 metres ⓘ
nameLanguage English ⓘ
nativeName White Sea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Белое море
nativeNameLanguage Russian ⓘ
partOf Barents Sea ⓘ
salinity about 24 to 26 PSU ⓘ
seaArea approximately 90000 square kilometres ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
maritime transport ⓘ
naval operations ⓘ
timber export ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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

Kanin Peninsula → borderedBy → White Sea ⓘ
Northwestern FD → borderedBy → White Sea ⓘ
Karelia → borders → White Sea ⓘ
Kola Peninsula → borders → White Sea ⓘ
European Russia → bordersSea → White Sea ⓘ
Arkhangelsk Oblast → bordersWith → White Sea ⓘ
Volga River → connectedByCanalTo → White Sea ⓘ
Barents Sea → connectedTo → White Sea ⓘ
Northwest Russia → contains → White Sea ⓘ
Northern Dvina River → flowsInto → White Sea ⓘ
Kanin Peninsula → hasCoastlineOn → White Sea ⓘ
Barents Sea → hasSubregion → White Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pechora Sea
Solovki prison camp → locatedIn → White Sea ⓘ
Kholmogory → locatedNear → White Sea ⓘ
Archangel → locatedOn → White Sea ⓘ
White Sea → nativeName → White Sea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Белое море
Richard Chancellor → placeVisited → White Sea ⓘ
Arkhangelsk Oblast → seaAccess → White Sea ⓘ
Kanin Peninsula → separates → White Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Белое море