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polynya

area of open water surrounded by sea ice
Class type of: body of water Q923791

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2 properties
Subclass of
body of water
Described by source
Otto's encyclopedia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[2][3]
🏷️ Also known as
en Polynyas en Polynias en polynya en Ice clearing ar بولينيا cs polynie da polynia de Polynya de Polinja de Polynia de Polynja es Polinia fa پلینیا fr Clairières (océanographie) fr Polynias fr Polynies he פוליניה hi पॉलीन्या it polinie ja ポリニヤ
🔖 Identifiers · 18
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85104703
GND ID
4123965-9
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13773431b
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/polynya, topic/open-ocean-polynya
Environment Ontology ID
00000484
Exact match
purl.obolibrary.org
FAST ID
1070722
Freebase ID
/m/03slxn
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
polynja
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
3177253
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
polyn-ia-75b279
IdRef ID
061617008
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J9U entity ID
987007563144405171
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
polynyas
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
928608
Topic's main category
Category:Polynya
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
09420143-n
Yale LUX ID
concept/024be024-96a3-4bff-b9f6-b590c744a8ee

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Subclass of 1
body of water
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polynya is a type of body of water[1].

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  1. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017) → 3177253
    Subclass of → body of water
    Described by source → Otto's encyclopedia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)
    Topic's main category → Category:Polynya
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007563144405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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