Northern Sea Route

English

Northern Sea Route (blue) and alternative route through Suez Canal (red)

Proper noun

Northern Sea Route

1. (geography) A shipping lane from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean along the Russian Arctic coast from the Barents Sea, along Siberia, to the Far East.

Synonyms

• Northeast Passage

 

Coordinate terms

• Maritime Silk Road
• Northwest Passage
• Silk Road
• Spice Route

 

Translations

a shipping lane in the Arctic Ocean

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 北方海路 (Běifāng hǎilù), 東北航線 / 东北航线 (Dōngběi hángxiàn)

• Finnish: koillisväylä, pohjoinen meritie
• French: passage du Nord-Est m, route maritime du nord f
• German: Nordostpassage (de) f
• Japanese: 北極海航路 (ja) (ほっきょくかいこうろ, Hokkyoku kaikōro), 北方航路 (ほっぽうこうろ, Hoppō kōro)
• Korean: 북극 해항로(北極海航路) (Bukgeuk haehangno)
• Norwegian: Nordøstpassasjen, Nordlige sjørute
• Portuguese: Passagem Nordeste f
• Russian: Се́верный морско́й путь m (Sévernyj morskój putʹ), Севморпу́ть (ru) m (Sevmorpútʹ), СМП m (SMP)
• Spanish: ruta del Mar del Norte f, paso del Noreste m
• Swedish: Nordostpassagen (sv)