Weddell Sea is part of the Southern Ocean. The point of the east is the Cape Norvegia Princess Martha Coast, Queen Maud Land. To the east is the Cape Norvegia Sea King Haakon VII. Most of the southern ocean, up to Elephant Island, is the permanent ice, Filchner-Ronne Ice Mountain. Sea are contained in two overlapping claims, Argentine Antarctic region and the UK (United Kingdom Antarctic Territory), and also located partially within the territorial claim of Chile. Width Weddell Sea is about 2,000 km, and in the area extent of about 2.8 million km ².
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| Ice hill in the sea |
Sea is so named in honor of the British sailor James Weddell who came into this sea in 1823 as far as 74 ° S. In the same year the American sealing captain Benjamin Morrell claimed to have seen some of the ground of actual limit of 10-12 ° east northeast. He called the New South Greenland, but its existence is not proven when the sea is more fully explored in the early 20th century. Furthest southern penetration since Weddell but before the modern era was made by Scotland William Speirs Bruce in 1903.
Characteristics of Weddell Sea fauna is the Weddell Seal.
Weddell Sea has been considered by scientists to have the most crystal clear sea water anywhere. Based on the research of experts and the Alfred Wegner Institute on October 13, 1986, a dish named Secchi Disk that has sunk to a depth of 262 feet or equal to a depth of 79.8 meters, it can still be seen clearly from the surface. Such clarity is only possible by pure distilled water.
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| The pinguin |
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| The Ice Cave |
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| The Family of Pinguin |
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| The Cute Animal |
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