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The outer rim of the trench is at a depth of 2,700 m (8,900 ft) and contains about 600 km 2 (230 sq mi) inside the rim, descending to approximately 5,550 m (18,210 ft) at its greatest depth. The basin floor measures about 220 km 2 (85 sq mi) and is the deepest point in the Arctic Ocean.
The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five oceanic divisions. [1] ... The average depth of the Arctic Ocean is 1,038 m (3,406 ft). [31]
Litke Deep (Russian: Жёлоб Ли́тке) is [1] [2] an oceanic trench in the Arctic Ocean. The deepest point, also referred to as Litke Deep, is 5,449 m (17,877 ft) below sea level . It is the closest point of the upper surface of Earth's lithosphere to Earth's center , with Challenger Deep being 14.7268 km (9.2 mi) further from Earth's ...
Scientists often use satellites to measure altitude changes between the ocean and the ice surface. ... by Boise State University and University of Alaska Fairbanks to study ice depth in the Arctic
The latter basin is the deepest one of the Arctic Ocean and the geographic North Pole is located there. The Eurasian Basin is bounded by Greenland, the Lomonosov Ridge, and the shelves of the Laptev Sea, Kara Sea and Barents Sea. The maximum depth within the Eurasian Basin is reached at the Litke Deep with 5449 m depth. [1]
The Arctic Ocean Deep Water is approximately 34.92 psu. [1] This water mass has a higher salinity due to brine rejection in the Arctic Seas. The depth is around 1500 and 2000 meters. The Norwegian Sea Deep Water is a combination of the Arctic Ocean Deep Water and the Greenland Sea Deep Water. This water mass is found below 2000 meters. [8]
Profile of the Arctic Ocean from the Barents Sea towards the (geographic) North Pole. The Nansen Basin (also Central Basin, [1] formerly Fram Basin) is an abyssal plain with water-depths of around 3 km in the Arctic Ocean and (together with the deeper Amundsen Basin) part of the Eurasian Basin.
It is covered with sea ice throughout the year, the thickest sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, which can be up to 15 m (49 ft) thick. Water depths range from 100 m (330 ft) to 300 m (980 ft). Water and ice from Lincoln Sea empty into Robeson Channel, the northernmost part of Nares Strait, most of the time.