895General KnowledgeMedium
The Barents Sea is located along the coasts of which two countries?
ARussia-Belarus
BRussia-Norway
CNone of these
DRussia-Ukraine
Correct answer
B. Russia-Norway
Explanation
The Barents Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia and divided between Norwegian and Russian territorial waters. Known among Russians in the Middle Ages as the Murman Sea, the current name of the sea is after the historical Dutch navigator Willem Barentsz.