Chukchi Sea
Water type: Sea
Connection to the ocean: Arctic ocean
Continents:
Asia, North America
Climate:
Subpolar
Countries:
Russia, United States of America (USA)
Bays
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Gadiformes - Cods
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Chukchi Sea, sometimes referred to as the Chuuk Sea, Chukotsk Sea or the Sea of Chukotsk, is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is bounded on the west by the Long Strait, off Wrangel Island, and in the east by Point Barrow, Alaska, beyond which lies the Beaufort Sea. The Bering Strait forms its southernmost limit and connects it to the Bering Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
The principal port on the Chukchi Sea is Uelen in Russia. The International Date Line crosses the Chukchi Sea from northwest to southeast. It is displaced eastwards to avoid Wrangel Island as well as the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug on the Russian mainland.