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Ross Sea

deep sea of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica
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Ross Sea
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Summary

Ross Sea is a sea[1]. It draws 1,657 Wikipedia views per month (sea category, ranking #32 of 101).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Antarctic Treaty area[3]
  • Continent: Antarctica[4]
  • Shares border with: Victoria Land[5]
  • Inflows: Alph River[6]
  • Part of: Southern Ocean[7]
  • Commons category: Ross Sea[8]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Southern Ocean[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ross Sea[10]
  • Area: 637,000 km²[11], 960,000 km²[12]
  • Vertical depth: 919 m[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14]

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Ross Sea include Ross Gyre[15], an ocean gyre[16].

Why It Matters

Ross Sea has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Entities named for it include Ross Gyre[15], an ocean gyre[16].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 24w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Antarctic Treaty area
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Located in the administrative territorial entity: Antarctic Treaty area, fix redirect Antarctic Treaty area → Antarctic Treaty area ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/bf164d4e5ee1|d"
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