Fram Strait

Fram Strait is located between Svalbard and Greenland. It is the only deep passage between the Arctic and World Oceans.

The Fram Strait is the passage between Greenland and Svalbard, located roughly between 77°N and 81°N latitudes and centered on the prime meridian. The Greenland and Norwegian Seas lie south of Fram Strait, while the Nansen Basin of the Arctic Ocean lies to the north. Fram Strait is noted for being the only deep connection between the Arctic Ocean and the World Oceans.[1] The dominant oceanographic features of the region are the West Spitsbergen Current on the east side of the strait and the East Greenland Current on the west.

  1. ^ Klenke, Martin; Werner Schenke, Hans (2002). "A new bathymetric model for the central Fram Strait". Marine Geophysical Researches. 23 (4): 367–378. Bibcode:2002MarGR..23..367K. doi:10.1023/A:1025764206736. S2CID 128515547.