Concept information

Preferred term

Barents Sea  

Definition

  • area between Novaya Zemlia, in the east, and the line Norway–Bear Island–South Spitsbergen, in the west area

Broader concept

Scope note

  • Improved definition (EN only): The region of the Arctic Ocean lying between Novaya Zemlia on its eastern side and a hypothetical line from Norway, through Bear Island to South Spitsbergen on its western perimeter

Belongs to group

URI

http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/15065

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