Greenland Sea

American  

[green-luhnd see, -land] / ˈgrin lənd ˈsi, -ˌlænd /

noun

1. a sea that lies northeast of Greenland and north of Iceland, variously defined as being part of either the Arctic Ocean or the North Atlantic Ocean: connected to the Arctic Ocean via the Fram Strait, site of the Molloy Deep.

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Greenland Sea British  

noun

1. the S part of the Arctic Ocean, off the NE coast of Greenland

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Etymology

Origin of Greenland Sea

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

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Greenland Sea

An estimated 4,000 humpback whales, 6,000 fin whales and 6,000 minke whales visited the Greenland Sea in the summer of 2024.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

This widespread fishing practice emits the most emissions in the East China Sea, the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, and the Greenland Sea, according to the new paper.

From National Geographic ● Jan. 18, 2024

It’s essentially a massive slow-moving river that terminates in several very large glaciers that spill into the Greenland Sea.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 18, 2023

In an early scene, Lars and Sigrit are standing on the docks of their hometown of Húsavík in North Iceland, when two humpback whales breach surface of the Greenland Sea and soar into the air.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2020

I remember hearing our first mate tell of a wonderful escape a comrade of his had in the Greenland Sea fishery.

From Fighting the Whales by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne