Weddell Sea

专有名词

英文释义

专有名词
  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.

词源

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