Queen Victoria Sea

Queen Victoria Sea
Море королевы Виктории (Russian)
The Queen Victoria Sea in an 1898 Franz Josef Land map showing the explorations of Frederick G. Jackson
Queen Victoria Sea
Location	Arctic Ocean
Coordinates	81°30′N 38°00′E / 81.500°N 38.000°E / 81.500; 38.000
Type	Sea
Basin countries	Norway and Russia
Max. length	550 km (340 mi)
Frozen	Most of the year
References	[1]

The Queen Victoria Sea (Russian: Море королевы Виктории, Morye Korolevy Viktorii) is a body of water in the Arctic Ocean, stretching from northeast of Svalbard to northwest Franz Josef Land. It is obstructed by ice most of the year.

This sea is named after Queen Victoria. Russian Arctic explorer Valentin Akkuratov claimed that a branch of the Gulf Stream reached as far north as the Queen Victoria Sea.^[2]