WEDDELL SEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Weddell Sea mean? 

• WEDDELL SEA (noun)
  The noun WEDDELL SEA has 1 sense:

1. an arm of the south Atlantic in Antarctica to the east of the Antarctic Peninsula

  Familiarity information: WEDDELL SEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WEDDELL SEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An arm of the south Atlantic in Antarctica to the east of the Antarctic Peninsula

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

sea (a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land)

 Context examples 

Observations show that recent polynyas resulted from unusual ocean conditions, and intense storms that swirled over the Weddell Sea with winds that were nearly hurricane force.

(Data from robotic drifters explain mysterious holes in Antarctic sea ice, National Science Foundation)

Research led by University of Washington scientists explored why the Weddell Sea hole appears only in some years, and what role it could play in global ocean circulation.

(Data from robotic drifters explain mysterious holes in Antarctic sea ice, National Science Foundation)

Winter ice on the surface of Antarctica's Weddell Sea sometimes has an enormous hole called a polynya.

(Data from robotic drifters explain mysterious holes in Antarctic sea ice, National Science Foundation)