South Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean

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The South Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean is the portion of the Southern Ocean lying south of the South Atlantic Ocean, encompassing sub-Antarctic islands and waters that play a key role in global ocean circulation and marine ecosystems.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf marine ecoregion
oceanic region
adjacentTo Drake Passage
Scotia Sea
South Atlantic
surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Weddell Sea
boundedBy Antarctica
surface form: Antarctic continent
hasClimateRole Antarctic sea-ice dynamics
global carbon cycle regulation
global heat budget regulation
global thermohaline circulation
hasEcosystemType Antarctic marine ecosystem
sub-Antarctic marine ecosystem
hasKeyProcess air–sea CO2 exchange
deep water formation
heat uptake by the ocean
nutrient redistribution
sea-ice formation and melt
upwelling
hasOceanCurrent Antarctic Circumpolar Current
Brazil–Malvinas Confluence influence
Weddell Gyre
hasWaterMassFormation Antarctic Bottom Water
Antarctic Intermediate Water
Circumpolar Deep Water modification
includesFeature Antarctic Circumpolar Current
Antarctic Convergence
surface form: Antarctic Polar Front

Subantarctic Front
sub-Antarctic islands
includesIslandGroup Bouvet Island
Gough Island
Marion Island
Prince Edward Islands
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Tristan da Cunha
surface form: Tristan da Cunha archipelago
isImportantFor industrial and artisanal fisheries
marine mammal feeding grounds
seabird breeding colonies
isMonitoredBy Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
surface form: CCAMLR
isSubjectOf climate change research
oceanographic observation programs
isThreatenedBy bycatch of seabirds and marine mammals
ocean acidification
ocean warming
overfishing
sea-ice decline
locatedInHemisphere Eastern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere
locatedSouthOf South Atlantic
surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
partOf Southern Ocean
supportsSpecies Antarctic krill
albatrosses
baleen whales
penguins
seals
toothfish

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South Orkney Islands locatedIn South Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean
Weddell Sea oceanPartOf South Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean
this entity surface form: Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean
Bransfield Strait oceanBasin South Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean
South Scotia Ridge separates South Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean
this entity surface form: South Atlantic sector of Southern Ocean
Mount Nivea region South Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean
this entity surface form: South Atlantic sector of Southern Ocean
South Sandwich Island Arc locatedIn South Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean
Weddell–Scotia Confluence locatedIn South Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean
this entity surface form: Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean
Terror Rise region South Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean
this entity surface form: South Atlantic sector of Southern Ocean