Wandel Sea

Wandel Sea
Wandel Sea
	Western part of the Wandel Sea
	Wandel Sea
Location	Arctic Ocean
Coordinates	82°15′N 17°00′W / 82.250°N 17.000°W
Type	Sea
Basin countries	Greenland and Norway
Max. length	800 km (500 mi)
References

The Wandel Sea (Danish: Wandelhavet; also known as McKinley Sea^[2]) is a body of water in the Arctic Ocean, stretching from northeast of Greenland to Svalbard. It is obstructed by ice most of the year.

This sea is named after Danish polar explorer and hydrographer, Vice Admiral Carl Frederick Wandel, who in the years 1895–96 explored the coastal waters of Greenland as part of the Danish Ingolf Expedition.^[3]

^ J. P. Koch: Danmark-Ekspeditionens Kort (PDF; 4,66 MB). In: Geografisk Tidsskrift. Bd. 21, 1911–1912, p. 167–177 (in Danish)
^ Seas of the World Archived 2007-05-31 at the Wayback Machine
^ 'Wandel Sea' in the Great Danish Encyclopaedia

[1] J. P. Koch: Danmark-Ekspeditionens Kort (PDF; 4,66 MB). In: Geografisk Tidsskrift. Bd. 21, 1911–1912, p. 167–177 (in Danish)

[2] Seas of the World Archived 2007-05-31 at the Wayback Machine

[3] 'Wandel Sea' in the Great Danish Encyclopaedia

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