Marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia
Not to be confused with Bering Sea.
Barents Sea
Location of the Barents Sea
Location
Arctic Ocean
Coordinates
75°N40°E / 75°N 40°E / 75; 40 (Barents Sea)
Type
Sea
Primary inflows
Norwegian Sea, Arctic Ocean
Basin countries
Norway and Russia
Surface area
1,400,000 km2 (540,000 sq mi)
Average depth
230 m (750 ft)
References
Institute of Marine Research, Norway
The Barents Sea (/ˈbærənts/BARR-ənts, also US: /ˈbɑːrənts/BAR-ənts;[1] Norwegian: Barentshavet, Urban East Norwegian:[ˈbɑ̀ːrəntsˌhɑːvə];[2] Russian: Баренцево море, romanized: Barentsevo More) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean,[3] located off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia and divided between Norwegian and Russian territorial waters.[4] It was known earlier among Russians as the Northern Sea, Pomorsky Sea or Murman Sea ("Norse Sea"); the current name of the sea is after the historical Dutch navigator Willem Barentsz.
The Barents Sea is a rather shallow shelf sea with an average depth of 230 metres (750 ft), and it is an important site for both fishing and hydrocarbon exploration.[5] It is bordered by the Kola Peninsula to the south, the shelf edge towards the Norwegian Sea to the west, the archipelagos of Svalbard to the northwest, Franz Josef Land to the northeast and Novaya Zemlya to the east. The islands of Novaya Zemlya, an extension of the northern end of the Ural Mountains, separate the Barents Sea from the Kara Sea.
Although part of the Arctic Ocean, the Barents Sea has been characterised as "turning into the Atlantic"[6] or in the process of being "Atlantified"[7] because of its status as "the Arctic warming hot spot." Hydrologic changes due to global warming have led to a reduction in sea ice and in the stratification of the water column, which could produce major changes in weather in Eurasia.[6] One prediction is that, as the Barents Sea's permanent ice-free area grows, evaporation will increase, leading to increased winter snowfalls in much of continental Europe.[7]
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^ abMooney, Chris (2018-06-26). "A huge stretch of the Arctic Ocean is rapidly turning into the Atlantic. That's not a good sign". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
^ abBailey, Hannah; Hubbard, Alun; Klen, Eric S.; Mustonen, Kaisa-Riikka; Akers, Pete D.; Marttila, Hannu; Welker, Jeffrey M. (2021-04-01). "Arctic sea-ice loss fuels extreme European snowfall". Nature Geoscience. 14 (5): 283. Bibcode:2021NatGe..14..283B. doi:10.1038/s41561-021-00719-y. hdl:10037/20941. S2CID 232765992.
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