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Weddell Sea

Weddell Sea proper noun: part of the Southern Ocean, its land boundaries defined by the bay formed from the coasts of Coats Land and the Antarctic Peninsula.

Proper noun

Weddell Sea

  1. Part of the Southern Ocean, its land boundaries defined by the bay formed from the coasts of Coats Land and the Antarctic Peninsula.
    • Much of the southern part of the Weddell Sea is permanently covered by the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf.

Origin of Weddell Sea

Named in 1900 after the Scottish sailor James Weddell, who entered the sea in 1823 and originally named it after King George IV.

Questions about Weddell Sea

What does Weddell Sea mean?
Weddell Sea means part of the Southern Ocean, its land boundaries defined by the bay formed from the coasts of Coats Land and the Antarctic Peninsula.
What part of speech is Weddell Sea?
Weddell Sea is a proper noun.

Words near Weddell Sea in the dictionary

  1. Weddas
  2. wedded
  3. weddedness
  4. weddedst
  5. Weddell
  6. Weddell Sea
  7. Weddell seal
  8. Weddell seals
  9. weddellite
  10. Weddells
  11. wedder

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