Nordenskjöld Sea

British

/ ˈnuːrdənʃœld /

noun

the former name of the Laptev Sea

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Etymology

Origin of Nordenskjöld Sea

named after Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskjöld (1832–1901), Swedish Arctic explorer and geologist

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