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Spring breakup of sea ice on the Chukchi Sea. The sea has an approximate area of 595,000 square kilometres (230,000 sq mi) and is only navigable about four months of the year. The main geological feature of the Chukchi Sea bottom is the 700-kilometer-long (430 mi) Hope Basin , which is bound to the northeast by the Herald Arch. Depths less than ...
Location of the Chukchi Sea Shelf in the Arctic Ocean. The Chukchi Shelf or Chukchi Sea Shelf is the westernmost part of the continental shelf of the United States and the easternmost part of the continental shelf of Russia. In the west it merges with the Russian Siberian Shelf. Within this shelf, the 50-mile Chukchi Corridor acts as a ...
Average depth 14 m (46 ft) Kolyuchin Bay ( Russian : Колючинская губа ; Kolyuchinskaya guba ) is a large bay in the Chukchi Sea on the northern shore of the Chukotka Peninsula , Russia .
The Alaska North Slope is the region of the U.S. state of Alaska located on the northern slope of the Brooks Range along the coast of two marginal seas of the Arctic Ocean, the Chukchi Sea being on the western side of Point Barrow, and the Beaufort Sea on the eastern.
The Hope Basin is a geological feature of the Chukchi Sea Shelf.It lies off the Chukchi Sea coast of Alaska.Its area extends from the outer continental shelf of the Seward Peninsula for about 700 km (430 mi) westwards off the coast of Chukotka towards Wrangel Island.
The Chukchi Sea — a sea of the Arctic Ocean, between northwestern Alaska (U.S.) and Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in Far East Russia. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
The water exchange between the neighboring seas is as follows. The annual outflow to the Laptev Sea, Chukchi Sea and Arctic Ocean is 3,240, 6,600 and 11,430 km 3, respectively; while the respective inflow values are 3,240, 8,800 and 9,230 km 3. [11] The surface water temperature decreases from south to north.
Located in the Arctic Ocean between the Chukchi Sea and East Siberian Sea, the island lies astride the 180th meridian. The International Date Line is therefore displaced eastwards at this latitude to keep the island, as well as the Chukchi Peninsula on the Russian mainland, on the same day as the rest of Russia.