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OAS seaname Detail for Chukchi Sea
| seanames_id: | 52 |
|---|---|
| Seaname: | Chukchi Sea |
| Sea code: | 12 |
| Definition: | The limits of the Chukchi Sea, situated between the northeastern coast of Siberia and the northwestern coast of Alaska, are the following: On the Northeast: A line joining position 76 Degrees N - 180 Degrees , on the shelf edge, southeastward to Point Barrow (71 Degrees 24 Minutes N - 156 Degrees 28 Minutes W), the northern extremity of Alaska. On the East: From Point Barrow southwestward, along the northwestern coast of Alaska, to position 66 Degrees 33 Minutes N - 164 Degrees 44 Minutes W approx., on the northern coast of Seward Peninsula. On the South: From the northern coast of Seward Peninsula, in Alaska, westward, along the Arctic Circle (66 Degrees 33 Minutes N approx.), to the northeastern coast of Chukotskiy Peninsula, in Siberia, at position 66 Degrees 33 Minutes N - 171 Degrees 04 Minutes W approx. (the common limit with the Bering Sea, see 7.11). On the Southwest: From position 66 Degrees 33 Minutes N - 171 Degrees 04 Minutes W northwestward, along the northeastern coast of Siberia, to Cape Yakan (69 Degrees 35 Minutes N - 177 Degrees 30 Minutes E). On the West: A line joining Cape Yakan northeastward to Cape Blossom (70 Degrees 47 Minutes N - 178 Degrees 45 Minutes E), the southern extremity of Vrangelya Island; thence from Cape Blossom northeastward, through this island, to position 71 Degrees 32 Minutes N - 180 Degrees , on the northern coast thereof; and thence a line joining the northern coast of Vrangelya Island northward, along the meridian of 180 Degrees , to position 76 Degrees N - 180 Degrees , on the shelf edge (the common limit with the East Siberian Sea, see 9.1). |
| Citation: | Limits of Oceans and Seas, 1986 (Draft 4th edition). IHB Special Publication 23, International Hydrographic Bureau, 203p. |
| Deprecated: | false |
| Metadata version: | 0 |
| Keydate: | 2000-09-13 04:00:00+00 |
| Editdate: | 2000-10-24 04:00:00+00 |