Weddell Sea
Meanings
name
- Part of the Southern Ocean, its land boundaries defined by the bay formed from the coasts of Coats Land and the Antarctic Peninsula.
Word forms
Etymology
Named in 1900 after the Scottish sailor James Weddell, who entered the sea in 1823 and originally named it after King George IV.
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