Irminger Sea

Irminger Sea
The South East Greenland town of Tasiilaq is located on the coast of the Irminger Sea
Irminger Sea
Coordinates	62°N 35°W / 62°N 35°W / 62; -35
Type	Sea
Basin countries	Greenland and Iceland
Max. length	480 km (300 mi)
Surface area	300,000 sq mi (780,000 km2)

The Irminger Sea is a marginal sea of the North Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered to the west by southern Greenland, to the north by Iceland and the Denmark Strait, to the east by the Reykjanes Ridge (a northern part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge), and to the south by open waters of the North Atlantic.

It was named after Danish vice-admiral Carl Ludvig Christian Irminger (1802–1888), after whom the Irminger Current was also named.^[1]