An arm of the southern Pacific Ocean off the coast of Antarctica extending from Alexander I Island to Thurston Island.
Bellingshausen Sea
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An arm of the southern Pacific Ocean off the coast of Antarctica extending from Alexander I Island to Thurston Island.
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Bellingshausen Sea, part of the S Pacific Ocean, W Antarctica, SW of Cape Horn between the Antarctic Peninsula and Amundsen Sea. The sea is named after Russian explorer Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, who circumnavigated Antarctica in 1819. Major islands in the sea include Alexander I, Peter I (both named by Bellingshausen), and Charcot islands.
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The Bellingshausen Sea is an area along the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula, between Alexander Island and Thurston Island. It takes its name from Admiral Thaddeus Bellingshausen, who explored in the area in 1821.
In the late pliocene, about 2.15 million years ago, the Eltanin asteroid impacted here. This is the only known impact in a deep-ocean basin in the world.[1]
References
- ^ Gersonde, Rainer; F. T. Kyte, T. Frederichs, U. Bleil, H.-W. Schenke, G. Kuhn, Frank T. (2005). "The late Pliocene impact of the Eltanin asteroid into the Southern Ocean – Documentation and environmental consequences". Geophysical Research Abstracts 7. 1607-7962/gra/EGU05-A-02449. http://www.cosis.net/abstracts/EGU05/02449/EGU05-J-02449.pdf. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
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