LC control no. | sh 85011827 |
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Geographic heading | Barents Sea |
Geographic subdivision usage | Barents Sea |
Variant(s) | Barents hav Barents havet Barent︠s︡evo more Barentshavet Barent︠s︡ovo more Murmean Sea |
See also | Seas |
Found in | Work cat.: Penrose, B. Stalin's gold, c1982. BGN, Jan. 20, 1983 (Barents Sea, sea, 74⁰00ʹN, 36⁰00ʹE; variants: Barentsovo More; Barentsevo More; Barents Hav; Mer de Barentsz) Lippincott. Acad. Amer. (Barents Sea: formerly called the Murmean Sea, is an extension of the Arctic Ocean lying north of Norway and Russia) Britannica Micro. (Barents Sea: outlying portion of the Arctic Ocean. The sea was known to Vikings and medieval Russians as the Murmean Sea. It first appeared under its modern name in a chart published in 1853, honouring a 16th century Dutch seeker of the northeast passage to Asia, Willem Barents.) BGN sea; 74°00ʹ00ʺN 036°00ʹ00ʺE |