North Sea

(The,) or GERMAN OCEAN, a large expansion of the N. Atlantic Ocean, constituting that mediterranean portion of its surface which extends from the Shetland Islands to the Straits of Dover; b. E. by Norway and Denmark, S. by the N. W. corner ofN. Germany, and Holland and Belgium, S. by France, andW.by Great Britain. Length, 700 m.; maximum breadth, 420. It connects with the Atlantic on the N. by the Pentland Frith, and on the S. by the English Channel; and with the Baltic by the Skager-rack. Its fisheries are of high importance, but its coastwise navigation is both difficult and dangerous, owing to sandbanks and tidal currents. (north-um'bur-land,) the most N.E. co. of England, washed by the German Ocean, and b. S. by Durham, N. by Scotland, and W. by Cumber land. Area, 6,871 sq. m. Surface generally hilly, with a fertile soil. It is rich in iron, lead, and coal. C. Newcastle-on-Tyne. Pop. 386,959. in Canada, a co. of Ont., b. on Lake Ontario; area, 730 sq. m.; C. Cobourg. Pop. 39,084. -In New Brunswick, a co., washed by the Gulf of St. Lawrence; C. Newcastle. Pop. 20,116.- In Pennsylvania, an E. central co.; area, 500 sq. m.; C. Sunbury. Pop. 41,444. North umber land Inlet, a bay of Brit. America, bet. Frobisher Strait and Cumber land Island, in N. Lat. 65°, W. Lon. 65°. North umber land Strait, a channel dividing Prince Edward Island from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. [s. 651]