What is Scotia Sea?
{{coord|57|30|S|40|00|W|scale:20000000|display=title}} [[Image:Scotia Sea.png|thumb|Approximate area of the sea in the [[Southern Hemisphere]]]] [[Image:LaunchingTheJamesCaird2.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Launching the ''[[James Caird (boat)|James Caird]]'' from the shore of [[Elephant Island]], 24 April 1916]] The '''Scotia Sea''' is partly in the [[Southern Ocean]] and mostly in the [[South Atlantic Ocean]]. ==Location and description== Normally stormy and cold, the Scotia Sea is the area of water between [[Tierra del Fuego]], [[South Georgia]], [[South Sandwich Islands]], [[South Orkney Islands]] and the [[Antarctic Peninsula]]. It is bordered on the west by [[Drake Passage]]. These island groups all sit on top of the [[Scotia Ridge]]. The Scotia Sea covers an area of about 900,000&nbsp;km². About half of the sea stands above the [[continental shelf]]. The islands are rocky and partly covered in ice and snow year round. ==Flora and fauna== The islands do have vegetation. They have been called '''Scotia Sea Islands tundra''' [[ecoregion]]. These include South Georgia, the volcanic South Sandwich Islands and the South Orkneys in the Scotia Sea as well as the remote [[South Shetland Islands]] near the Antarctic Peninsula and the small isolated volcano [[Bouvet Island]]. All these islands are in the cold seas below the [[Antarctic convergence]]. These areas have [[tundra]] vegetation of [[moss]]es, [[lichen]] and [[algae]]. Seabirds, penguins and seals feed in the surrounding waters. Seabirds include four species of albatross: Black-browed Albatross ''([[Diomedea melanophris]])'', Grey-headed Albatross ''([[Thalassarche chrysostoma]])'', Light-mantled Albatross ''([[Phoebetria palpebrata]])'', and Wandering Albatross ''([[Diomedea exulans]])''. There are only five species of bird that stay on land. These include two [[endemic]] species: a race of the Yellow-billed Pintail duck''([[Anas georgica]])'' and South Georgia Pipit ''([[Anthus antarcticus]])''. [[Penguin]] species found here include large numbers of [