Arctic Ocean Canada Map
View a pdf of this chapter this is a map of canada s arctic seabed landscape based on data from the general bathymetric chart of the.
Arctic ocean canada map. It is also known as the coldest of all the oceans. The arctic ocean northernmost of the earth s oceans is located largely in the arctic north polar region. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the atlantic to the pacific and northward into the arctic ocean covering 9 98 million square kilometres 3 85 million square miles making it the world s second largest country by total area. Located mostly in the arctic north polar region in the middle of the northern.
While it is by mean depth 1 800 meters the shallowest of the world s oceans it also includes two deep basins the eurasian basin and the canadian basin each of which is more than 4 000 meters in depth. Shown below is the international bathymetric chart of the arctic ocean which was produced by a team of investigators from canada denmark germany iceland norway russia sweden and the usa. Major ports and cities. The international hydrographic organization iho recognizes it as an ocean although some oceanographers call it the arctic sea it is sometimes classified as an estuary of the atlantic ocean and it is also seen as the northernmost part of the all encompassing world ocean.
The arctic ocean provides habitat for marine life from mammals to fish to micro organisms at the bottom of the food web. This section describes these influences and why they matter. It can be considered a physical map of the arctic ocean as it shows the bathymetry ridges and basins that are part of this important area. 5 427 000 sq mi 14 056 000 sq km.
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