The Labrador Sea is an arm of the North Atlantic Ocean lying between the Labrador Peninsula and Greenland, flanked by continental shelves to the southwest, northwest and northeast. It connects to the north with Baffin Bay through the Davis Strait and is classified as a marginal sea of the Atlantic.
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Source Labrador Sea (Wikipedia)
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1. Wikidata: Labrador Sea
- Wikidata Q184189, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
Wikidata P2046 (area)
Wikidata area (P2046) for Labrador Sea: 841000 square kilometres
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Shaped By: Plate Tectonics, LeadQuote, Shaped By: Plate Tectonics, Lead
The sea formed upon separation of the North American Plate and Greenland Plate that started about 60 million years ago and stopped about 40 million years ago.
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