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The sea is flanked by continental shelves to the southwest, northwest, and northeast. It connects to the north with Baffin Bay through the Davis Strait. [3] It is a marginal sea of the Atlantic. [4] [5] The sea formed upon separation of the North American Plate and Greenland Plate that started about 60 million years ago and stopped about 40 ...
Convection in the Labrador Sea is the result of a combination of cyclonic oceanographic circulation of the sea currents and cyclonic atmospheric forcing. At the southern tip of Greenland, water enters the West Greenland Current from the East Greenland Current, continues to flow northwest around the Baffin Bay, and then southeast into the Baffin Island Current continuing in the same direction ...
Map of the Labrador, Baffin Island and West Greenland currents. West Greenland Current originates from the movement of Atlantic water flowing around the southern point of Greenland caused by the East Greenland and Irminger currents. [42] [63] [64] It transports freshwater into the Labrador Sea, influencing the formation of Labrador Sea Water. [57]
The Labrador Peninsula, also called Quebec-Labrador Peninsula, [1] [2] is a large peninsula in eastern Canada.It is bounded by Hudson Bay to the west, the Hudson Strait to the north, the Labrador Sea to the east, Strait of Belle Isle and the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the southeast.
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Cumberland Sound (French: Baie Cumberland; Inuit: Kangiqtualuk) [2] is an Arctic waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada.It is a western arm of the Labrador Sea located between Baffin Island's Hall Peninsula and the Cumberland Peninsula.
It has two summits, the northern one being 401 m (1,316 ft) above sea level, and the southern one being 325 m (1,066 ft) high. [3] Pert Island is the smaller of the two islands and is located 0.5 mi (0.80 km) mile to the west. Its highest point is 385 m (1,263 ft) above sea level. [3] Port Burwell lies 20 km (12 mi) west of Pert Island.
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