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Wandel Sea
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body of water in the Arctic Ocean from northeast of Greenland to Svalbard
Key facts
- Location
- Greenland Sea
- Type
- Sea
- Basin countries
- Greenland and Norway
- Max length
- 800 km (500 mi)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- sea
- Part of
- Arctic Ocean
- Has part
- Independence Fjord
- Named after
- Carl Frederick Wandel
- Country
- Greenland
- Image
- Wandel Sea map.png
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- basin country
- Greenland
- located in protected area
- Northeast Greenland National Park
- Commons category
- Wandel Sea
- different from
- Weddell Sea
- native label
- Wandelhavet
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Wandel Sea (Danish: Wandelhavet; also known as McKinley Sea) is a body of water in the Greenland Sea, stretching from northeast of Greenland to Svalbard. It is obstructed by ice most of the year.
This sea is named after Danish polar explorer and hydrographer, Vice Admiral Carl Frederick Wandel, who in the years 1895–96 explored the coastal waters of Greenland as part of the Danish Ingolf Expedition.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wandel Sea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.