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The Arctic Basin (also North Polar Basin) is an oceanic basin in the Arctic Ocean, consisting of two main parts separated by the Lomonosov Ridge, a mid-ocean ridge between north Greenland and the New Siberian Islands. It is bordered by the continental shelves of Eurasia and North America.[1][2]
- The Eurasian Basin (also Norwegian Basin) consists of the Nansen Basin (formerly: Fram Basin) and the Amundsen Basin
- The Amerasia Basin consists of the Canada Basin and the Makarov Basin
- ^ Seebohm, Henry (1894). The North Polar basin. Washington: Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
- ^ "North Polar Basin". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 27 September 2012.