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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Russian Plain drainage Arctic Ocean
this entity surface form: Arctic Ocean basin
Kolyma Mountains drainageTo Arctic Ocean
this entity surface form: Arctic Ocean basin
Lena River drainageTo Arctic Ocean
Arctic drainage basin drainsInto Arctic Ocean
Vega expedition explorationArea Arctic Ocean
Rurik exploredRegion Arctic Ocean
subject surface form: Rurik (ship)
Thomas James exploredRegion Arctic Ocean
Mid-Atlantic Ridge extendsFrom Arctic Ocean
Ural Mountains extendsFrom Arctic Ocean
Ural region extendsFrom Arctic Ocean
District of Alaska hasBorderWith Arctic Ocean
Alaska hasCoastlineOn Arctic Ocean
Canada hasCoastlineOn Arctic Ocean
North Slope Borough hasCoastlineOn Arctic Ocean
Rybachy Peninsula hasCoastlineOn Arctic Ocean
Chukchi Plateau hasOcean Arctic Ocean
Earth hasOcean Arctic Ocean
America hasOceanBoundary Arctic Ocean
World Ocean hasPart Arctic Ocean
Arctic region includes Arctic Ocean
Eastern Hemisphere includesOcean Arctic Ocean
this entity surface form: Arctic Ocean (eastern part)
Alpha Ridge locatedIn Arctic Ocean
Amerasian Basin locatedIn Arctic Ocean
Arctic Archipelago locatedIn Arctic Ocean
Baffin Bay locatedIn Arctic Ocean
Beaufort Gyre locatedIn Arctic Ocean
Big Diomede Island locatedIn Arctic Ocean
Canada Basin locatedIn Arctic Ocean
Chukchi Plateau locatedIn Arctic Ocean
Devon Island locatedIn Arctic Ocean
Diomede Islands locatedIn Arctic Ocean
East Greenland Current locatedIn Arctic Ocean
East Siberian Sea locatedIn Arctic Ocean
Ellesmere Island locatedIn Arctic Ocean
Eurasian Basin locatedIn Arctic Ocean
Fram Strait locatedIn Arctic Ocean
Gakkel Ridge locatedIn Arctic Ocean
Greenland locatedIn Arctic Ocean
Greenland Basin locatedIn Arctic Ocean