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The Arctic Ocean, with borders as delineated by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), including Hudson Bay (some of which is south of 57°N latitude, off the map) and all other marginal seas. These islands of the Arctic Ocean can be classified by the country that controls the territory.
1 Arctic Ocean. 2 Atlantic Ocean. Toggle Atlantic Ocean subsection. 2.1 Along the coast of Europe. ... Islands of the Southern Ocean: Antarctica. Aagaard Islands ...
Phantom islands of the Arctic Ocean (1 C, 8 P) W. Islands of the White Sea (1 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Islands of the Arctic Ocean"
Category: Islands by ocean or sea. ... Islands of the Arctic Ocean ... Islands of the Java Sea (14 P) K. Islands of the Kara Sea (5 C, 29 P) L.
After Greenland, the archipelago is the world's largest high-Arctic land area. The climate of the islands is Arctic, and the terrain consists of tundra except in mountainous regions. Most of the islands are uninhabited; human settlement is extremely thin and scattered, being mainly coastal Inuit settlements on the southern islands.
The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five oceanic divisions. [1] It spans an area of approximately 14,060,000 km 2 (5,430,000 sq mi) and is the coldest of the world's oceans.
The Russian Empire officially claimed the Arctic islands to its north in a Note of the Russian Government of 20 September 1916 - this covered the islands of Henrietta, Jeannette, Bennett, Herald, Edinenie, New Siberia, Wrangel, Novaya Zemlya, Kolguev, Vaigach and others. [2]
Location Federal subject Water body Coordinates Features & notes Image Vitino: Murmansk Oblast: Kandalaksha Gulf: Kandalaksha: Murmansk Oblast: White Sea