Barents Sea - Wikipedia
The Barents Sea is a rather shallow shelf sea with an average depth of 230 metres (750 ft), and it is an important site for both fishing and hydrocarbon exploration. [5] It is bordered by the Kola Peninsula to the south, the shelf edge towards the Norwegian Sea to the west, the archipelagos of Svalbard to the northwest, Franz Josef Land to the ...
Barents Sea | Map, Depth, & Facts | Britannica
2024年11月13日 · Barents Sea, outlying portion of the Arctic Ocean 800 miles (1,300 km) long and 650 miles (1,050 km) wide and covering 542,000 square miles (1,405,000 square km). Its average depth is 750 feet (229 metres), plunging to a maximum of 2,000 feet (600 metres) in the major Bear Island Trench.
Barents Sea - WorldAtlas
2021年2月24日 · Covering an area of 1,405,000 km 2, the Barents Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. A marginal sea is a part of the ocean that is partially enclosed by land in the form of peninsulas, archipelagos, or islands. It is located along the northern coasts of Norway and Russia.
Barents Sea Map - Mapcarta
Barents Sea map featuring a local guide, satellite view, directions and photos. Mapcarta, the open map.
Maps from the Barents region - www.barentsinfo.org
The maps of the Barents Region found in this page can be freely used provided that the source is mentioned: Arctic Centre, University of Lapland. The Arctic Centre maintains the portal which contains general information and links.
Barents Sea – Norsk Polarinstitutt
The Barents Sea is shallow, with an average depth of 230 metres. It extends from the deep Norwegian Sea in the west, which reaches a depth of 2500 metres, to the coast of Novaya Zemlya in the east and from the coast of Northern Norway and Russia in the south, to 80°.
Barents Sea - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
The Barents Sea is an epicontinental sea, bordered to the south by the Norwegian and Russian mainland, to the east by Novaya Zemlya, to the north by Franz Josef Land and the Arctic Ocean, and to the west by the Greenland Sea.
Barents Sea - The Encyclopedia of Earth
2023年12月7日 · It is located north of the mainlands of Norway and Russia (and the White Sea), and south of the Arctic Ocean proper to the north. The eastern limit is the Russian island of Novaya Zemlya and the Kara Sea.
Still Arctic?—The changing Barents Sea | Elementa: Science of the ...
2023年11月13日 · Map of Barents Sea and adjacent ocean areas with main ocean and sea-ice characteristics. The Barents Sea with adjacent ocean areas, and its setting in the Arctic (inset map). Currents are indicated with warm (red) and cold (blue) water masses.
Of all arctic seas, the Barents Sea sustains the highest sea floor biodiversity communities, including the world’s largest deep-water coral reef, huge mussel banks and large coastal kelp forests.