Abstract
Barents Sea is an area of great geopolitical and economical importance, as well as an indicator of sustainable development of the Russian Federation in Arctic region. The article presents generalization made for the Barents Sea coastline. For each area a brief description of distinct geomorphologic features and coastal dynamics is outlined. The environmental forcing factors and conditions, which determine the development and present coastal dynamics at Barents Sea, are examined.
Highlights
The Barents Sea is the largest sea in the Arctic Ocean with an estimated surface area of 1,424 km2 and a volume of 316 thousand km3 [The Atlas of the Arctic, 1985]
Its waters wash the shores of two countries – Russia and Norway – as well as several large islands and archipelagoes, e.g. Svalbard, Franz Josef Land (FJL), Novaya Zemlya, Vaigach, Kolguev, Medvezhii
The shoreline of the Barents Sea can be split into two unequal stretches: south-eastern (Kanin-Pechora), where the coast is composed mainly of frozen dispersive sediments, and the rest of the littoral, including Murmansk Coast of Kola Peninsula, the fjords of Norway and all the large islands and archipelagoes trimming this sea (Svalbard, FJL, Novaya Zemlya, Vaigach), where the material exposed to the seafront consists mainly of solid crystallized rock
Summary
The Barents Sea is the largest sea in the Arctic Ocean with an estimated surface area of 1,424 km2 and a volume of 316 thousand km3 [The Atlas of the Arctic, 1985]. The wave climate of the open Barents Sea (the remote areas of the sea) differs noticeably from the partly closed and relatively shallow south-eastern sector – the Kanin-Pechora – which typically has a complicated and unstable ice cover during the stormiest period in the year, the pre-winter one (Fig. 2).
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