The Sea of the Commonwealth ( Eng. Cooperation Sea ) is a sea in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean . Area 258 thousand km² In the southern part, the depth is less than 500 m , in the northern part more than 3000 m . Covered with drifting ice, many icebergs , including very large ones. On the seashore, Australian science stations Mawson and Davis . The ice coasts in large areas are very mobile, as a result of the breakaway of the giant iceberg from the Amery ice shelf in 1964, the coast in the Prudo Bay retreated 60-70 km for more than 160 km .
| Commonwealth Sea | |
|---|---|
 Antarctic Davis Station | |
| Specifications | |
| Square | 258,000 km² |
| Deepest | 3000 m |
| Average depth | 500 m |
| Location | |
Named in 1962 by participants in Soviet Antarctic expeditions to mark joint research work of expeditions of various states in the Antarctic .