the Ural Mountains, separate the Barents Sea from the Kara Sea. Although part of the Arctic Ocean, the Barents Sea has been characterised as "turning...
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The Battle of the Barents Sea was a World War II naval engagement on 31 December 1942 between warships of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) and British ships...
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The Barents Sea is a secluded part of the Arctic Ocean divided between Norway and Russia. The politics in the Barents Sea is of paramount importance for...
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Arctic Ocean, northwest of Norway between the North Sea and the Greenland Sea, adjoining the Barents Sea to the northeast. In the southwest, it is separated...
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Nenets: Сэрако ямʼ, romanized: Serako yam) is a southern inlet of the Barents Sea located on the northwest coast of Russia. It is surrounded by Karelia...
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The Kara Sea is a marginal sea, separated from the Barents Sea to the west by the Kara Strait and Novaya Zemlya, and from the Laptev Sea to the east by...
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Chukchi Sea East Siberian Sea Laptev Sea Kara Sea Barents Sea (connected to the Kara Sea by the Kara Strait) Pechora Sea White Sea Queen Victoria Sea Wandel...
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Fishing: Barents Sea is a commercial fishing simulation video game developed by Misc Games, released on Microsoft Windows. It is the first title available...
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Russian Navy (section Barents Sea)
the Navy. The geography of the Barents Sea, the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk as well as the Caspian Sea makes the deployment of shore-based...
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Sargasso Sea (/sɑːrˈɡæsoʊ/) is a region of the Atlantic Ocean bounded by four currents forming an ocean gyre. Unlike all other regions called seas, it has...
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the eastern Bering Sea. Very small populations of fish genetically identical to Gadus chalcogrammus are found in the Barents Sea waters of northern Norway...
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Bowhead whale (section Svalbard-Barents Sea)
Occurring normally in Fram Strait, Barents Sea and Severnaya Zemlya along Kara Sea to Laptev Sea and East Siberian Sea regions, these whales were seen in...
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hostilities were limited primarily to minor naval actions in the Baltic Sea and Barents Sea. After Napoleon Bonaparte defeated the Russians at the Battle of...
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Northern Fleet (redirect from White Sea Fleet)
years upgrade". The Independent Barents Observer. "Old nuclear sub gets new life at Nerpa shipyard". The Independent Barents Observer. Archived from the original...
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flagship of the Northern Fleet. In August 2000, Pyotr Velikiy was in the Barents Sea to oversee the largest naval training exercise in a decade, since the...
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north-west of European Russia, forming the south-eastern portion of the Barents Sea. It is bordered to the west by Kolguyev Island; to the east by Vaygach...
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cold waters in the North Pacific Ocean and adjacent seas, but also introduced to the Barents Sea. It grows to a leg span of 1.8 m (5.9 ft), and is heavily...
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Barents Sea at the same time. On 28 May 2022, the Admiral Gorshkov test fired a 3M22 Zircon missile in the Barents Sea at a target in the White Sea....
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Adriatic Sea Arctic Ocean Barents Sea Bay of Biscay Black Sea Azov Sea Caspian Sea Celtic Sea Greenland Sea Baffin Bay Gulf of Cadiz Ligurian Sea Mediterranean...
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North Cape (Norway) (redirect from North Cape sea current)
visitors, weather permitting, can watch the midnight sun and views of the Barents Sea to the north. North Cape Hall, a visitor centre, was built in 1988 on...
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Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the world's largest lake and sometimes referred to as a full-fledged sea. An endorheic...
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Willem Barentsz (redirect from William Barents)
Murmean Sea was renamed Barents Sea in his honour. Barentsburg, the second largest settlement on Svalbard, Barentsøya (Barents Island) and the Barents Region...
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Energy in Norway (section Barents Sea oil)
economy of Norway. With North Sea oil production having peaked, disagreements over exploration for oil in the Barents Sea, the prospect of exploration...
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Arctic Ocean (redirect from Arctic Sea)
Russia Barents Sea: Murmansk White Sea: Arkhangelsk Kara Sea: Labytnangi, Salekhard, Dudinka, Igarka and Dikson Laptev Sea: Tiksi East Siberian Sea: Pevek...
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the tallest peak on Bear Island (Bjørnøya), a Norwegian island in the Barents Sea. Miseryfjellet is on the eastern side of Bear Island and contains three...
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barents-council.org/ The Barents Euro-Arctic Council's official web-site. Barents.no The Norwegian Barents Secretariat's official web-site. BarentsObserver...
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The Mediterranean Sea (/ˌmɛdɪtəˈreɪniən/ MED-ih-tə-RAY-nee-ən) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost...
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was launched from Admiral Gorshkov in the White Sea and successfully hit a sea target in the Barents Sea 450 km (280 mi) away, reportedly reaching a speed...
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island of the archipelago Novaya Zemlya, projecting westward into the Barents Sea. The site lies near the southwestern corner of the island, 15 km (9.3 mi)...
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port at the head of the Pechora delta; Pechora Bay; Pechora Sea; and finally the Barents Sea. The monthly average discharge of the river was recorded between...
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