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

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.

Gijang County → locatedOn → Sea of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sea of Japan (East Sea)
Izumo → locatedOn → Sea of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sea of Japan coast
Lazovsky Nature Reserve → locatedOn → Sea of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sea of Japan coast
Nakhodka → locatedOn → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Niigata → locatedOn → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Otaru → locatedOn → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Ulsan → locatedOn → Sea of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Sea
Vanino → locatedOn → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Vladivostok → locatedOn → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Akita → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Haeundae Beach → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Sea of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sea of Japan (East Sea)
Russo-Japanese War → location → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Shinano River → mouth → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Zinovy Rozhestvensky → navalTheater → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Sikhote-Alin → nearestSea → Sea of Japan ⓘ
UN naval forces → operatedIn → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Japan Coast Guard → operatesIn → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Self Defense Fleet → operatesIn → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Submarine Force → operatesIn → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Fleet Air Force → operationalArea → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Haedong Yonggungsa Temple → overlooks → Sea of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sea of Japan (East Sea)
ROKMC → primaryAreaOfOperations → Sea of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Sea
First Fleet → primaryTheater → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Battle of Tsushima → region → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Tsushima Island → sea → Sea of Japan ⓘ
Japanese archipelago → separates → Sea of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Sea