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Weddell Polynya
The Weddell Polynya was a huge open-water hole in the winter sea ice of the Weddell Sea near Maud Rise, present 1974–1976, averaging 250,000 km², maintained by deep-ocean convection; smaller Maud Rise polynyas recurred in 2016–2017.
Weddell Sea Bottom Water
Weddell Sea Bottom Water (WSBW) is the cold, dense deepest water mass of the Weddell Gyre, formed by mixing Ice Shelf Water plumes with Warm Deep Water; a precursor to Antarctic Bottom Water, produced at roughly 3–8 × 10^6 m³/s and exported via the western boundary current.
Western Interior Seaway
Western Interior Seaway, also called the Cretaceous Seaway or Niobraran Sea: a shallow epeiric sea splitting North America into Laramidia and Appalachia from Jurassic to Paleocene, from Gulf of Mexico to Arctic, leaving coal, oil, and chalk deposits.
Wild Atlantic Way
Wild Atlantic Way: 2,500 km signposted coastal touring route on Ireland's west coast from Donegal to Kinsale, launched by Fáilte Ireland in 2014; 180 Discovery Points, about €3 billion annual revenue and 35,000 jobs.
Wildlife of the Maldives
Wildlife of the Maldives: plants and animals of the 1,192-island Indian Ocean archipelago; 250+ coral and 1,100+ fish species, whale sharks, manta rays, endemic birds and fish, and reefs threatened by recurrent bleaching.
Yoldia Sea
Yoldia Sea: brackish Baltic Sea stage, 11.7–10.7 ka BP, between the Baltic Ice Lake and Ancylus Lake, connected to the ocean via the Närke Strait in central Sweden.