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Laptev Sea

[ lap-tef, -tev; Russian lah-ptyif ]

noun

  1. an arm of the Arctic Ocean N of the Russian Federation in Asia, between Taimyr Peninsula and the New Siberian Islands.


Laptev Sea

/ ˈlæptɪf /

noun

  1. a shallow arm of the Arctic Ocean, along the N coast of Russia between the Taimyr Peninsula and the New Siberian Islands Former nameNordenskjöld Sea
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

Ice in the Laptev Sea has started forming later than ever.

It was late October before sea ice finally began reforming in the Laptev Sea, the latest date on record.

It is the largest of the Lyakhovsky Islands, which are part of the New Siberian Islands archipelago that lies between the Laptev Sea and the East Siberian Sea.

Researchers are also studying the Arctic Laptev Sea during the expedition, he explained.

On Friday evening the ship, joined by a Russian icebreaker carrying more equipment, will leave this port city in northern Norway, sailing east for two weeks to the Laptev Sea, north of Central Siberia.

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