The Fram Strait is the deepest gateway to the Arctic Ocean located between Greenland in the West and Svalbard in the East, the latitudinal boundaries are roughly 81°N and 77°N. With depths up to 2.6 km it is the only deep connection between the Arctic Ocean and the world ocean, namely the Greenland Sea and the Norwegian Sea. Other gateways are the Barents Sea Opening (BSO), the Bering Strait and various small channels in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. They are all shallower or narrower than Fram Strait. The Fram Strait is named after the Norwegian ship Fram.
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