Cooperation Sea
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Cooperation Sea, also called Commonwealth Sea or Sodruzhestva Sea, is a sea of the Southern Ocean
, between Enderby Land
(the eastern limit of which is 59°34'E) and West Ice Shelf
(85°E), off the coast of MacRobertson Land and Princess Elizabeth Land
. It stretches over an area of 258,000 km².
Davis Station
is located on the coast of Cooperation Sea.
To the east of Cooperation Sea is Davis Sea
, to the west is Cosmonauts Sea
.
Southern Ocean
The Southern Ocean comprises the southernmost waters of the World Ocean, generally taken to be south of 60°S latitude and encircling Antarctica. It is usually regarded as the fourth-largest of the five principal oceanic divisions...
, between Enderby Land
Enderby Land
Enderby Land is a projecting land mass of Antarctica, extending from Shinnan Glacier at to William Scoresby Bay at .Enderby Land was discovered in February 1831 by John Biscoe in the whaling brig Tula, and named after the Enderby Brothers of London, owners of the Tula, who encouraged their...
(the eastern limit of which is 59°34'E) and West Ice Shelf
West Ice Shelf
The West Ice Shelf is a prominent ice shelf extending about 288 km in an E-W direction along the Leopold and Astrid Coast in East Antarctica between Barrier Bay and Posadowsky Bay. Discovered and named by the First German Antarctica Expedition, 1901-03, under Dr. Erich von Drygalski. The toponym...
(85°E), off the coast of MacRobertson Land and Princess Elizabeth Land
Princess Elizabeth Land
Princess Elizabeth Land is the sector of the Australian Antarctic Territory between longitude 73° east and Cape Penck 87°43' east. Princess Elizabeth Land is located between 64°56'S and 90°00'S and between 73°35' E and 87°43'E...
. It stretches over an area of 258,000 km².
Davis Station
Davis Station
Davis Station is a permanent base in Antarctica managed by the Australian Antarctic Division . It is the busiest Australian scientific research station...
is located on the coast of Cooperation Sea.
To the east of Cooperation Sea is Davis Sea
Davis Sea
Davis Sea is an area of the sea along the coast of East Antarctica between West Ice Shelf in the west and the Shackleton Ice Shelf in the east, or between 82° and 96°E. East of it is Mawson Sea, and in the west is Cooperation Sea....
, to the west is Cosmonauts Sea
Cosmonauts Sea
Cosmonauts Sea, sometimes misspelled Cosmonaut Sea, is a sea of the Southern Ocean, off Prince Olav Coast and Enderby Land, Antarctica, between about 30°E and 50°E. It has an area of 699,000 km²....
.