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Amundsen Sea

Coordinates:73°S112°W / 73°S 112°W /-73; -112
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Not to be confused with theAmundsen Gulf.
The Amundsen Sea area of Antarctica
Antarctic iceberg, Amundsen Sea

TheAmundsen Sea is an arm of theSouthern Ocean offMarie Byrd Land in westernAntarctica. It is bounded byCape Flying Fish, the northwestern tip ofThurston Island to the east andCape Dart onSiple Island to the west. East of Cape FlyingFish starts theBellingshausen Sea. The sea is named for the Norwegian polar explorerRoald Amundsen.[1]

The sea is mostly ice-covered. Theice sheet which drains into the Amundsen Sea averages about 3 km (1.9 mi) in thickness. It is roughly the size of the state ofTexas. The area is known as theAmundsen Sea Embayment (ASE). It forms one of the three major icedrainage basins of theWest Antarctic Ice Sheet.

Pine Island Bay

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Pine Island Bay (74°50′S102°40′W / 74.833°S 102.667°W /-74.833; -102.667) is a bay about 40 miles (64 km) long and 30 miles (48 km) wide. The ice of thePine Island Glacier at the southeast end of the Amundsen Sea flows into it. It was named forUSSPine Island.[2]

Russell Bay

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Russell Bay (73°27′S123°54′W / 73.450°S 123.900°W /-73.450; -123.900) is a rather open bay in southwestern Amundsen Sea. It goes along the north sides ofSiple Island,Getz Ice Shelf andCarney Island, fromPranke Island toCape Gates. It is named for AdmiralJames S. Russell, USN,Vice Chief of Naval Operations.[3]

References

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  1. ↑"Amundsen Sea".Geographic Names Information System.United States Geological Survey. Retrieved23 October 2011.
  2. ↑"Pine Island Bay".Geographic Names Information System.United States Geological Survey. Retrieved23 October 2011.
  3. ↑"Russell Bay".Geographic Names Information System.United States Geological Survey. Retrieved23 October 2011.

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