Sea of Japan

E1009
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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All labels observed (17)

Label Occurrences
Sea of Japan canonical 207
Sea of Japan (East Sea) 34
East Sea 16

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 (276)

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

Japan → borderedBySea → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Pacific Ocean → containsFeature → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Sea of Japan → alternativeName → Sea of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Sea
Asia → bordersSea → Sea of Japan ⓘ
East China Sea → connectedTo → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Russia Far East → bordersBodyOfWater → Sea of Japan ⓘ
subject surface form: Russian Far East
East Asia → bordersSea → Sea of Japan ⓘ
South Korea → borderBodyOfWater → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Asia-Pacific → hasMajorSeaLane → Sea of Japan ⓘ
North Korea → hasCoastlineOn → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Honshu → hasCoastOn → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Russo-Japanese War → location → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Tsushima Current → flowsIn → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Tsushima Current → basin → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Tsushima Current → influencesClimateOf → Sea of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sea of Japan region
Tsushima Current → influencesMarineEcosystemsOf → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force → operatesIn → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Liman Current → locatedIn → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Sikhote-Alin → nearestSea → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Korea Strait → connects → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Korea Strait → flowsTo → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Hokkaido → borderedBy → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Battle of Tsushima → region → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Vladivostok → locatedOn → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Sea of Okhotsk → connectedTo → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Korean Peninsula → bordersBodyOfWater → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Kyoto Prefecture → borders → Sea of Japan ⓘ
La Pérouse Strait → connectsBodyOfWater → Sea of Japan ⓘ
La Pérouse Strait → isNorthernMaritimeApproachTo → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Hyogo Prefecture → coastOn → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Nakhodka → locatedOn → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Nakhodka → hasCoastline → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Vanino → locatedOn → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Niigata → locatedOn → Sea of Japan ⓘ
South Korean Navy → theaterOfOperations → Sea of Japan ⓘ
South Korean Navy → theaterOfOperations → Sea of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Sea
Saha District → hasCoastlineOn → Sea of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sea of Japan (East Sea)
Ulsan → locatedOn → Sea of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Sea
Yeongnam region → borders → Sea of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Sea of Korea
Haeundae Beach → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Sea of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sea of Japan (East Sea)
Kaga Province → hasCoastlineOn → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Haedong Yonggungsa Temple → overlooks → Sea of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sea of Japan (East Sea)
western Pacific Ocean → contains → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Yeongdo District → coast → Sea of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sea of Japan (East Sea)
Seventh Fleet → areaOfResponsibility → Sea of Japan ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Seventh Fleet
Gijang County → locatedOn → Sea of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sea of Japan (East Sea)
Gijang County → hasCoastlineOn → Sea of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Sea
Japanese archipelago → borderedBySea → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Japanese archipelago → separates → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Chūbu region → bordersBodyOfWater → Sea of Japan ⓘ