Weddell Sea

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Weddell Sea

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

proper noun the 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.

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@misc{weddell_sea_2026,
  title = {Weddell Sea},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/weddell%20sea},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}