Weddell Sea

Proper noun

Meaning

Weddell Sea

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.

Examples

In 1995 and 2002, the Larsen A and B ice shelves collapsed, depositing an area the size of half East Falkland into the Weddell Sea. Source: Internet

Trevor Williams traveled to a remote mountain range with a small team of scientists and a mountaineer to collect rocks – many, many rocks – to help answer that question for a vast region of ice that drains toward the Weddell Sea. Source: Internet

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