Arctic Ocean

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The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of Earth's major oceans, located around the North Pole and largely covered by sea ice.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf body of water
geographical region
ocean
area approximately 14 million square kilometers
approximately 5.4 million square miles
averageDepth approximately 1200 meters
borderedBy Asia
Canada
Europe
Greenland
Iceland
North America
Norway
Russia
United States of America
surface form: United States
boundedBy Arctic Circle
climate polar climate
connectedBy Bering Strait
Davis Strait
Denmark Strait
Fram Strait
connectedTo Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
containsFeature Arctic sea ice
Canada Basin
Gakkel Ridge
Lomonosov Ridge
Nansen Basin
continental shelves
containsShippingRoute Northeast Passage
surface form: Northern Sea Route

Northwest Passage
deepestPoint Molloy Deep
deepestPointLocation Fram Strait
experiences midnight sun
polar night
governedBy United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
hasPart Baffin Bay
Barents Sea
Beaufort Sea
Chukchi Sea
East Siberian Sea
Greenland Sea
Hudson Bay
Kara Sea
Laptev Sea
Lincoln Sea
Norwegian Sea
hasResource fisheries
natural gas reserves
petroleum reserves
hasSeasonalVariation sea ice extent
homeToSpecies beluga whale
narwhal
polar bear
ringed seal
walrus
influences global climate system
thermohaline circulation
locatedAround North Pole
locatedOn Earth
maximumDepth approximately 5600 meters
partOf World Ocean
rankByArea smallest ocean on Earth
rankByDepth shallowest ocean on Earth
salinity lowest average salinity of all oceans
subjectTo climate change
sea ice decline
surfaceCoveredBy sea ice
usedFor shipping routes

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Petsamo, Finland accessTo Arctic Ocean
Martin Frobisher activeIn Arctic Ocean
Chukchi Peninsula adjacentOcean Arctic Ocean
Robert Bylot areaOfActivity Arctic Ocean
William Gibbons areaOfExploration Arctic Ocean
Hopewell areaOfOperation Arctic Ocean
Greenland and Svalbard border Arctic Ocean
Alaska borderedBy Arctic Ocean
Europe borderedBy Arctic Ocean
Greenland borderedBy Arctic Ocean
Nordic borderedBy Arctic Ocean
Northern Europe borderedBy Arctic Ocean
Northwest Territories borderedBy Arctic Ocean
Nunavut borderedBy Arctic Ocean
Americas borderedByOcean Arctic Ocean
North America borderedByOcean Arctic Ocean
Eurasia borders Arctic Ocean
Greenland Sea borders Arctic Ocean
North Asia borders Arctic Ocean
Northern Canada borders Arctic Ocean
Northern Russia borders Arctic Ocean
Siberia borders Arctic Ocean
Yukon Territory borders Arctic Ocean
Asia bordersOcean Arctic Ocean
Russia bordersSea Arctic Ocean
Pacific Ocean bordersToNorth Arctic Ocean
RV Vityaz conductedExpeditionsIn Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean connectedTo Arctic Ocean
Baffin Bay connectedTo Arctic Ocean
Beaufort Sea connectedTo Arctic Ocean
Bering Sea connectedTo Arctic Ocean
Hudson Bay connectedTo Arctic Ocean
Laptev Sea connectedTo Arctic Ocean
Northern Pacific Ocean connectedTo Arctic Ocean
Norwegian Sea connectedTo Arctic Ocean
Pacific Ocean connectedTo Arctic Ocean
Bering Strait connects Arctic Ocean
Denmark Strait connects Arctic Ocean
Fram Strait connectsBodyOfWater Arctic Ocean
Davis Strait connectsTo Arctic Ocean
Northern Hemisphere contains Arctic Ocean
Western Hemisphere contains Arctic Ocean
Molloy Deep deepestPointOf Arctic Ocean