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OAS seaname Detail for Barents Sea
seanames_id: 8
Seaname: Barents Sea
Sea code: 7
Definition: The Barents Sea, situated off the northeastern coast of Norway and the northwestern coast of USSR, is bounded by Vest-Spitsbergen and Nordaustlandet on the Northwest, by Zemlya Frantsa Iosifa Archipelago on the Northeast, and by Novaya Zemlya on the East. Its limits are the following: On the North: A line joining Verlegenhuken (80 Degrees 04 Minutes N - 16 Degrees 16 Minutes E), the northern extremity of Vest-Spitsbergen, eastward to Langgrunnodden (80 Degrees 08 Minutes N - 17 Degrees 46 Minutes E), the western extremity of Nordaustlandet; thence from Langgrunnodden eastward, through Nordaustlendet, to Cape Leigh Smith (80 Degrees 10 Minutes N - 26 Degrees 50 Minutes E), on the northeastern coast thereof; thence a line joining Cape Leigh Smith eastward, through Stor Island (80 Degrees 08 Minutes N - 27 Degrees 50 Minutes E), Kvit Island (80 Degrees 10 Minutes N - 32 Degrees 40 Minutes E), and Victoria Island (80 Degrees 10 Minutes N - 36 Degrees 45 Minutes E), to Cape Meri Kharmsuort (80 Degrees 36 Minutes N - 44 Degrees 55 Minutes E), the western extremity of Zemlya Aleksandry Island, the western island of the Zemlya Frantsa Iosifa Archipelago; and thence from Cape Meri Kharmsuort eastward, along the northern coasts of this archipelago, to Cape Kol Minutes zat (81 Degrees 00 Minutes N - 65 Degrees 20 Minutes E), on the eastern coast of Greem Bell Island. On the East: A line joining Cape Kol Minutes zat southward to Cape Zhelaniya (76 Degrees 57 Minutes N - 68 Degrees 35 Minutes E), on the northern coast of Severnyy Island (Novaya Zemlya); thence from Cape Zhelaniya southwestward, along the western coast of this island, to Cape Serebryanyy (73 Degrees 21 Minutes N - 54 Degrees 05 Minutes E), the southwestern extremity thereof; thence a line joining Cape Serebryanyy southwestward to Cape Stolbovoy (73 Degrees 17 Minutes N - 53 Degrees 53 Minutes E), on the northwestern coast of Yuzhnyy Island (Novaya Zemlya); thence from Cape Stolbovoy southward, along the western coast of this island, to Cape Kusov Nos (70 Degrees 28 Minutes N - 57 Degrees 07 Minutes E), the southern extremity thereof; thence a line joining Cape Kusov Nos southeastward to Cape Rogatyy (70 Degrees 15 Minutes N - 58 Degrees 26 Minutes E), the western extremity of Vaygach Island; thence from Cape Rogatyy southeastward to Cape Greben Minutes (69 Degrees 40 Minutes N - 59 Degrees 59 Minutes E), the southern extremity thereof; and thence a line joining Cape Greben Minutes southeastward to Cape Belyy Nos (69 Degrees 36 Minutes N - 60 Degrees 12 Minutes E), on the northwestern coast of USSR (the common limit with the Kara Sea, see 9.3). On the South: From Cape Belyy Nos westward, along the northwestern coast of USSR, to Cape Kanin Nos (68 Degrees 39 Minutes N - 43 Degrees 18 Minutes E), the northwestern extremity of Kanin Peninsula; thence a line joining Cape Kanin Nos southwestward to Cape Svyatoy Nos (68 Degrees 08 Minutes N - 39 Degrees 46 Minutes E), on the northeastern coast of Kol'skiy Peninsula (the common limit with the White Sea, see 9.5); and thence from Cape Svyatoy Nos northwestward, along the coasts of USSR and Norway, to North Cape (71 Degrees 10 Minutes 15 Seconds N - 25 Degrees 47 Minutes E), on the northern coast of Mageröy Island, off the northern coast of Norway. On the West: A line joining North Cape, in Norway, northwestward to Cape Bull (74 Degrees 20 Minutes 40 Seconds N - 19 Degrees 05 Minutes E), the southern extremity of Björn Island; thence from Cape Bull northward, along the eastern coast of this island, to North Cape (74 Degrees 31 Minutes 15 Seconds N - 19 Degrees 06 Minutes 30 Seconds E), the northern extremity thereof; thence a line joining North Cape, the northern extremity of Björn Island, northwestward to South Cape (76 Degrees 28 Minutes N - 16 Degrees 37 Minutes E), the southern extremity of Sörkapp Island, of the southern coast of Vest-Spitsbergen (the common limit with the Norwegian Sea, see 9.7); and thence from South Cape northward, along the eastern coast of Vest-Spitsbergen, to Verlegenhuken (80 Degrees 04 Minutes N - 16 Degrees 16 Minutes E), the northern extremity of this island.
Citation: Limits of Oceans and Seas, 1986 (Draft 4th edition). IHB Special Publication 23, International Hydrographic Bureau, 203p.
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Keydate: 2000-09-13 04:00:00+00
Editdate: 2000-10-24 04:00:00+00