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Bellingshausen Sea
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Find on the world mapPhoto: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from Greenbelt, MD, USA / Wikimedia Commons (resized) Image licencePublic domainPhotograph by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from Greenbelt, MD, USA / Wikimedia Commons (resized). Display crop may differ from the original.
AT A GLANCE
Bellingshausen Sea in facts
- Deepest point4,470 mbelow the surface
- Ocean basinSouthern Ocean
- Location71.3°S, 82.3°Wcentre of the mapped area
All geographic & statistical details (6)
- Bathymetric depth profile
- Water type
- Sea
- Part of
- Southern Ocean
- Names in other languages
- بحر بلنغهاوزن, Bellingshausen-See, mar de Bellingshausen, دریای بلینگسهاوزن, mer de Bellingshausen
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बेलिंग्सहाउज़ेन सागर, Laut Bellingshausen, Mare di Bellingshausen, ベリングスハウゼン海, 벨링스하우젠해, Bellingshausenzee, ਬੈਲਿੰਗਜ਼ਹਾਊਸਨ ਸਾਗਰ, Morze Bellingshausena, Mar de Bellingshausen, Море Беллинсгаузена, Bellingshausen Denizi, Море Беллінсгаузена, بحیرہ بلینگشهاوزن, Biển Bellingshausen, 别林斯高晋海 - Along or near its shores
- Antarctica
- Neighbouring waters
- George VI Sound, Marguerite Bay, Peacock Sound, Ronne Entrance
Facts: Wikidata Q183455, retrieved 1 November 2026. Figures can change; check the source for the latest. Basin, shores, neighbouring waters and location are worked out by The Landlore from Natural Earth map shapes.
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Source: Natural Earth marine areas · Public domain · release v5.1.2, retrieved 29 October 2026. Marine areas are generalized cartographic labels, not maritime jurisdiction or EEZ boundaries. Inland waters use the separate Natural Earth lakes layer (public domain, fixed snapshot); water extents may have changed. Names and source categories can include inland waters; alternative names are shown where supplied.
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