Sea of Japan

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body of water marginal sea

The Sea of Japan is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean located between the Japanese archipelago, the Korean Peninsula, and Russia, known for its rich fisheries and strategic shipping routes.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
East Sea	5
Sea of Japan (East Sea)	5
Sea of Japan coast	2
East Sea of Korea	1
Sea of Japan region	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	body of water ⓘ marginal sea ⓘ
alternativeName	Sea of Japan ⓘ surface form: East Sea
alternativeNameUsedBy	North Korea ⓘ South Korea ⓘ
area	about 978000 square kilometers ⓘ
averageDepth	about 1750 m ⓘ
basinCountry	Japan ⓘ North Korea ⓘ Russia ⓘ South Korea ⓘ
borderedBy	Japan ⓘ North Korea ⓘ Russia ⓘ South Korea ⓘ
connectedBy	Korea Strait ⓘ La Pérouse Strait ⓘ Tsugaru Strait ⓘ
connectedTo	East China Sea ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
hasClimate	temperate ⓘ
hasCurrent	Tsushima Current ⓘ surface form: East Korea Warm Current Liman Current ⓘ North Korea Cold Current ⓘ Tsushima Current ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	commercial fishing ⓘ maritime transport ⓘ
hasFeature	deep basins ⓘ narrow continental shelves ⓘ strong seasonal currents ⓘ
hasPort	Busan ⓘ Niigata ⓘ Russia Far East ⓘ surface form: Vladivostok
hasResource	crustaceans ⓘ fish stocks ⓘ marine mammals ⓘ
influences	climate of Japan ⓘ climate of Korean Peninsula ⓘ climate of Russian Far East ⓘ
knownFor	rich fisheries ⓘ strategic shipping routes ⓘ
locatedIn	Philippine Sea ⓘ surface form: Western Pacific Ocean
locatedOn	Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ
maximumDepth	about 3742 m ⓘ
nameUsedBy	Japan ⓘ
partOf	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
separates	Japan ⓘ surface form: Japanese archipelago Korean Peninsula ⓘ Russia Far East ⓘ surface form: Russian Far East
subjectOf	naming dispute ⓘ territorial disputes ⓘ

Referenced by (80)

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

Sea of Japan → alternativeName → Sea of Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: East Sea

Seventh Fleet → areaOfResponsibility → Sea of Japan ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Seventh Fleet

Tsushima Current → basin → Sea of Japan ⓘ

South Korea → borderBodyOfWater → Sea of Japan ⓘ

Primorsky Krai → borderWith → Sea of Japan ⓘ

Hokkaido → borderedBy → Sea of Japan ⓘ

Japan → borderedBySea → Sea of Japan ⓘ

Japanese archipelago → borderedBySea → Sea of Japan ⓘ

Kyoto Prefecture → borders → Sea of Japan ⓘ

Northern Japan → borders → Sea of Japan ⓘ

Yeongnam region → borders → Sea of Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: East Sea of Korea

Chūbu region → bordersBodyOfWater → Sea of Japan ⓘ

Chūgoku region → bordersBodyOfWater → Sea of Japan ⓘ

Korean Peninsula → bordersBodyOfWater → Sea of Japan ⓘ

Russia Far East → bordersBodyOfWater → Sea of Japan ⓘ

subject surface form: Russian Far East

western Japan → bordersBodyOfWater → Sea of Japan ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Japan

Asia → bordersSea → Sea of Japan ⓘ

East Asia → bordersSea → Sea of Japan ⓘ

Yeongdo District → coast → Sea of Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sea of Japan (East Sea)

Hyogo Prefecture → coastOn → Sea of Japan ⓘ

East China Sea → connectedTo → Sea of Japan ⓘ

Sea of Okhotsk → connectedTo → Sea of Japan ⓘ

Korea Strait → connects → Sea of Japan ⓘ

La Pérouse Strait → connectsBodyOfWater → Sea of Japan ⓘ

Seto Inland Sea → connectsTo → Sea of Japan ⓘ

western Pacific Ocean → contains → Sea of Japan ⓘ

Pacific Ocean → containsFeature → Sea of Japan ⓘ

Amur Plate → containsPartOf → Sea of Japan ⓘ

Shinano River → dischargesInto → Sea of Japan ⓘ

Tsushima Current → flowsIn → Sea of Japan ⓘ

Korea Strait → flowsTo → Sea of Japan ⓘ

Honshu → hasCoastOn → Sea of Japan ⓘ

Nakhodka → hasCoastline → Sea of Japan ⓘ

Gijang County → hasCoastlineOn → Sea of Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: East Sea

Izumo → hasCoastlineOn → Sea of Japan ⓘ

Kaga Province → hasCoastlineOn → Sea of Japan ⓘ

North Korea → hasCoastlineOn → Sea of Japan ⓘ

Primorsky Krai → hasCoastlineOn → Sea of Japan ⓘ

Saha District → hasCoastlineOn → Sea of Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sea of Japan (East Sea)

Asia-Pacific → hasMajorSeaLane → Sea of Japan ⓘ

Northern Pacific → hasPart → Sea of Japan ⓘ

Russian Federation Exclusive Economic Zone → includesSeaArea → Sea of Japan ⓘ

Tsushima Current → influencesClimateOf → Sea of Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sea of Japan region

Tsushima Current → influencesMarineEcosystemsOf → Sea of Japan ⓘ

La Pérouse Strait → isNorthernMaritimeApproachTo → Sea of Japan ⓘ

Akita → isPortCityOn → Sea of Japan ⓘ

Liman Current → locatedIn → Sea of Japan ⓘ

named after Liman Bay region of the Russian Far East → locatedIn → Sea of Japan ⓘ

subject surface form: Liman Current

Pacific theater of the Russo-Japanese War → locatedIn → Sea of Japan ⓘ

Iki Island → locatedInSea → Sea of Japan ⓘ