The Wandel Sea ( Danish : Wandelhavet ; also known as McKinley Sea ) 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.
6-882: Wandel may refer to: Places [ edit ] Wandel Sea , Arctic Ocean Wandel Land , Greenland Wandel Peak , Booth Island, Antarctica Lamington, South Lanarkshire , Scotland Other uses [ edit ] Wandel , an Austrian political party founded in 2012 People with the surname [ edit ] Bernie Wandel , American musician Carl Frederik Wandel (1843–1930), Danish polar explorer and hydrographer Elisabeth Wandel (1850–1926), Danish painter Hubertus Wandel [ de ] (1926–2019), German architect Joachim Wandel (1914–1942), German pilot Martin Wandel (1892–1943), German general Momo Wandel Soumah (died 2003), Guinean singer Sigurd Wandel (1875–1947), Danish painter Topics referred to by
12-699: Is an uninhabited island of the Wandel Sea , Greenland . The island is within King Frederick VIII Land in the Northeast Greenland National Park . The island was named after Princess Thyra of Denmark . This island is located east of Princess Margaret Island , to the northwest of Princess Dagmar Island close to the coast of far northeastern Greenland, in a bay of the Wandel Sea at the confluence of Denmark Sound and Independence Sound . The island has an area of 313 km ² and
18-517: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Wandel Sea 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 . This arctic sea is located at 82° north longitude and 21° west latitude . Seas farther north and northwest of
24-635: The Wandel Sea were once frozen year-round but now may have open water in late summer, as of August 2018. The Wandel Sea stretches westward as far as Cape Morris Jesup . Further west is the Lincoln Sea . In the south, it stretches to Nordostrundingen . The Wandel Sea connects to the Greenland Sea in the south through the Fram Strait . Independence Fjord and Frederick E. Hyde Fjord are two great fjords of
30-457: The far-northeast Greenland coast having their mouths in the Wandel Sea. G.B. Schley Fjord and Hellefisk Fjord are smaller fjords located between both. Islands include: Princess Thyra Island , the largest, Kaffeklubben Island , the northernmost, as well as Princess Dagmar Island , located not far from Station Nord , the only inhabited place in the area. Princess Thyra Island Princess Thyra Island ( Danish : Prinsesse Thyra Ø )
36-463: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Wandel . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wandel&oldid=1059454794 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
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