Definition of Greenland Sea

1. Noun. Part of the Arctic Ocean to the north of Iceland.

Group relationships: Arctic Ocean
Generic synonyms: Sea

Lexicographical Neighbors of Greenland Sea

Green River
Green algae
Greenacre
Greenback Party
Greenbacker
Greenbackers
Greenberg
Greenblatt
Greencloth
Greene
Greenean
Greenfield
Greenfield filter
Greenhow's disease
Greenland
Greenland Sea (current term)
Greenland caribou
Greenland shark
Greenland sharks
Greenland spar
Greenland whale
Greenland wolf spiders
Greenlander
Greenlanders
Greenlandic
Greenlandic Eskimo Pidgin
Greenlandish
Greenleaf
Greenough microscope
Greenpeace

Literary usage of Greenland Sea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Description of Greenland by Hans Egede (1818)
"Of the Greenland Sea Animals, and Sea Fowls and Fishes. THE Greenland Sea abounds in different sorts of animals, fowls, and fishes, of which the whale bears ..."

2. An Account of the Arctic Regions with a History and Description of the by William Scoresby (1820)
"Temperature, Depth, and Pressure of the Greenland Sea, ... But, in the Greenland Sea, near Spitzbergen, the contrary is the fact . ..."

3. The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal by Royal Society of Edinburgh, Wernerian Natural History Society, David Brewster, Robert Jameson (1821)
"MANSE OF ST MUNGO, Ì June 4. 1820. ABT. XVI.—Observations on the Currents and Animalcules of the Greenland Sea. By WILLIAM SCORESBY, jun. ..."

4. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1901)
"If there were no land in the neighbourhood of the pole, tho tide, which comes almost entirely from the Atlantic through the Greenland sea, would reach the ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"As already mentioned, the British whalers were accustomed to sail for the Arctic Ocean early in April; and if their destination was the east Greenland sea, ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1909)
"J. Grieg describes the invertebrates collected, first on the coast of Spitsbergen and, secondly, from the Greenland Sea. with the assistance of several ..."

7. Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collection of the by Charles Spence Bate (1862)
"preceding pairs, and as long as the remaining joints of the appendage. Length ? Hab. S. Greenland Sea ..."

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