South China Sea

E10082

marginal sea sea

The South China Sea is a marginal sea in Southeast Asia known for its strategic shipping lanes, rich fisheries, and significant oil and gas reserves, as well as ongoing territorial disputes among neighboring countries.

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All labels observed (30)

Label	Occurrences
South China Sea canonical	448
West Philippine Sea	38
South China Sea coast	10
South China Sea disputes	4
South China Sea region	4
South China Sea basin	3
South China Sea shipping lanes	3
Biển Đông	2
Beibu Gulf	1
Central and Southern Seas	1
Northwestern South China Sea	1
Philippine Sea coast (West Philippine Sea)	1
Philippine Sea–South China Sea passage	1
South China Sea (international designation)	1
South China Sea (regional waters)	1
South China Sea (west of Bataan Peninsula)	1
South China Sea / West Philippine Sea	1
South China Sea Basin	1
South China Sea Islands region	1
South China Sea approaches to Malaysia	1
South China Sea area	1
South China Sea dispute	1
South China Sea dispute areas	1
South China Sea margin	1
South China Sea off Pahang	1
South China Sea shipping routes	1
South China Sea tourism region	1
South China Sea trade routes	1
West Philippine Sea (Philippine designation)	1
coast of South China Sea	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	marginal sea ⓘ sea ⓘ
arbitrationRulingYear	2016 ⓘ
arbitrationTribunal	Permanent Court of Arbitration ⓘ
area	approximately 3.5 million square kilometres ⓘ
basinCountry	Brunei Darussalam ⓘ surface form: Brunei China ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Formosa ⓘ surface form: Taiwan Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Vietnam
borderedBy	Brunei Darussalam ⓘ surface form: Brunei China ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Formosa ⓘ surface form: Taiwan Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Vietnam
climate	tropical ⓘ
connectedTo	East China Sea ⓘ Gulf of Thailand ⓘ Java Sea ⓘ Karimata Strait ⓘ Luzon Strait ⓘ Philippine Sea ⓘ Strait of Malacca ⓘ Sulu Sea ⓘ Taiwan Strait ⓘ
disputedBy	Brunei Darussalam ⓘ surface form: Brunei China ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Formosa ⓘ surface form: Taiwan Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Vietnam
governedBy	United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
hasClaim	nine-dash line claim by China ⓘ
hasFeature	Macclesfield Bank ⓘ Scarborough Shoal ⓘ
hasIslandGroup	Paracel Islands ⓘ Pratas Islands ⓘ Spratly Islands ⓘ
hasStrait	Karimata Strait ⓘ Luzon Strait ⓘ Strait of Malacca ⓘ Taiwan Strait ⓘ
importance	important fishing grounds for surrounding states ⓘ key energy transport corridor ⓘ major route for global maritime trade ⓘ
knownFor	rich fisheries ⓘ significant oil and gas reserves ⓘ strategic shipping lanes ⓘ territorial disputes ⓘ
locatedIn	Southeast Asia ⓘ
partOf	Pacific Ocean ⓘ western Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: Western Pacific Ocean
subjectOf	South China Sea arbitration between Philippines and China ⓘ

Referenced by (534)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pacific Ocean → containsFeature → South China Sea ⓘ

French Indochina → borderedBy → South China Sea ⓘ

Philippines → borderedBySea → South China Sea ⓘ

Asia → bordersSea → South China Sea ⓘ

East China Sea → connectedTo → South China Sea ⓘ

East Asia → bordersSea → South China Sea ⓘ

Tropic of Cancer → passesThrough → South China Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: South China Sea region

Viet Nam → borderBodyOfWater → South China Sea ⓘ

subject surface form: Vietnam

China → borderingSea → South China Sea ⓘ

Asia-Pacific → hasMajorSeaLane → South China Sea ⓘ

Manila → coastalCityOn → South China Sea ⓘ

Southeast Asia → borderedBy → South China Sea ⓘ

Malaysia → borderedBySea → South China Sea ⓘ

Hong Kong, China → bodyOfWater → South China Sea ⓘ

subject surface form: Hong Kong

Borneo → locatedInBodyOfWater → South China Sea ⓘ

Corregidor → locatedInBodyOfWater → South China Sea ⓘ

Brunei Darussalam → hasCoastlineOn → South China Sea ⓘ

Bataan Peninsula → borders → South China Sea ⓘ

Bataan Peninsula → hasCoastlineOn → South China Sea ⓘ

Zhongnanhai, Beijing → nameMeaning → South China Sea ⓘ

subject surface form: Zhongnanhai

this entity surface form: Central and Southern Seas

Higashi Shina Kai → connectedTo → South China Sea ⓘ

Cochinchina → borderedBy → South China Sea ⓘ

Mekong River → mouthLocation → South China Sea ⓘ

Mekong River → emptiesInto → South China Sea ⓘ

Luzon → bordersBodyOfWater → South China Sea ⓘ

Ming and Qing Chinese maritime trade restrictions → mainRegion → South China Sea ⓘ

Shenzhen Nanshan District → locatedOn → South China Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: South China Sea coast

Republic of Vietnam → borderedBy → South China Sea ⓘ

Kaga-class aircraft carrier → designedForEnvironment → South China Sea ⓘ

Gulf of Tonkin incident → hasLocation → South China Sea ⓘ

Java Sea → connectedTo → South China Sea ⓘ

Taiwan Strait → connects → South China Sea ⓘ

Opium Wars → location → South China Sea ⓘ

Riau Islands → locatedIn → South China Sea ⓘ

Sarawak → borderedBy → South China Sea ⓘ

Luzon Strait → connects → South China Sea ⓘ

Luzon Strait → oceanRegion → South China Sea ⓘ

Johor Sultanate → locatedOn → South China Sea ⓘ

Maritime Southeast Asia → borders → South China Sea ⓘ

Singapore Strait → connectsTo → South China Sea ⓘ

Straits of Johor → connectsTo → South China Sea ⓘ

Philippine Navy → conflict → South China Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: South China Sea disputes

Philippine Navy → operatesIn → South China Sea ⓘ

western Pacific Ocean → contains → South China Sea ⓘ

western Pacific Ocean → adjacentTo → South China Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: South China Sea dispute areas

Pearl River Delta → borderedByWaterBody → South China Sea ⓘ

United States Indo-Pacific strategy → addresses → South China Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: South China Sea disputes

Lingnan → borderedBy → South China Sea ⓘ

Seventh Fleet → areaOfResponsibility → South China Sea ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Seventh Fleet

Federation of Malaya → seaBorder → South China Sea ⓘ