Definition of Norwegian sea

1. Noun. The part of the Atlantic that lies off the Norwegian coast to the north of the North Sea.

Terms within: Lofoten
Group relationships: Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean
Generic synonyms: Sea

Definition of Norwegian sea

1. Proper noun. The northernmost part of the Atlantic Ocean, located northwest of Norway. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Norwegian Sea

Norwalk agent
Norwalk virus
Norway
Norway itch
Norway lemming
Norway lemmings
Norway lobster
Norway maple
Norway rat
Norway rats
Norway spruce
Norwegian
Norwegian-Canadian
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Norwegian Sea
Norwegian Sign Language
Norwegian elkhound
Norwegian forest cat
Norwegian krone
Norwegian lobster
Norwegian monetary unit
Norwegian rat
Norwegian rats
Norwegian scabies
Norwegianness
Norwegians
Norweyan
Norwich
Norwich terrier

Literary usage of Norwegian sea

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

1. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"... the fog again grew so thick that we could only see a couple of ships' lengths ahead. We steered then first northwards, then THE,norwegian sea'. ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Its outer slope rapidly descends towards the deep basin of the norwegian sea. While the hundred-fathom line keeps comparatively close to the Norwegian coast ..."

3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1907)
"iter is probably heat«! from about —1°'3 C. to about — l°'l C. on its way from 4° N. lat. to the southern part of the norwegian sea. And a similar heating ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"(EG) norwegian sea, the sea enclosed between Norway, the Shetland and Faeroe Islands ... The norwegian sea forms the meeting-place of waters coming from the ..."

5. The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the by Roald Amundsen (1913)
"It has thus been shown that the amount of warmth in that part of the ocean which we call the norwegian sea varies from year to ..."

6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1904)
"In the Atlantic Ocean the temperature is a little below or above + 2°, which shows that the warm water here is in excess of the ice. In the norwegian sea ..."

7. Catalogueby Brown University, Brown University Class of 1838, Washburn Observatory, Library, Manton Free Library, Exeter, R.I. Manton Free Library, Colorado State Library, Class of 1838, Woodman Astronomical Library, Exeter (R.I.), Liverpool (England) by Brown University, Brown University Class of 1838, Washburn Observatory, Library, Manton Free Library, Exeter, R.I. Manton Free Library, Colorado State Library, Class of 1838, Woodman Astronomical Library, Exeter (R.I.), Liverpool (England) (1884)
"Pts. i and д.—Chemistry :—(i.) Air in Sea- Water. Carbonic Acid in Sea-Water. Amount of Salt in the Water of the norwegian sea, by Hercules ..."

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