Weddell Sea
English
[edit]
Etymology
[edit]Named in 1900 after the Scottish sailor James Weddell, who entered the sea in 1823 and originally named it after King George IV.
Proper noun
[edit]- Part of the Southern Ocean, its land boundaries defined by the bay formed from the coasts of Coats Land and the Antarctic Peninsula.
- Much of the southern part of the Weddell Sea is permanently covered by the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf.