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Fram Strait
The
Fram Strait
is the passage between
Greenland
and
Svalbard
, located roughly between
77°N
and
81°N
latitudes and centered on the
prime meridian
. The
Greenland
and
Norwegian Seas
lie south of Fram Strait, while the
Nansen Basin
of the Arctic Ocean lies to the north. Fram Strait is noted for being the only deep connection between the
Arctic Ocean
and the
World Oceans
. The dominant
oceanographic
features of the region are the
West Spitsbergen Current
on the east side of the strait and the
East Greenland Current
on the west.
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