KARASEA

Kara Sea

The Kara Sea is part of the Arctic Ocean north of Siberia. It is separated from the Barents Sea to the west by the Kara Strait and Novaya Zemlya, and the Laptev Sea to the east by the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago. It is named for the Kara River, which is now relatively insignificant but which played an important role in the Russian conquest of northern Siberia. The word "kara" is derived from old Turkic "kara" that means "black" and "north", and is still used in modern Turkish.

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