Kanmon Straits

E101126

sea passage strait

Kanmon Straits is a narrow sea passage in southwestern Japan that separates the islands of Honshu and Kyushu and serves as an important shipping and transportation route.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Kanmon Straits canonical	16
Strait of Shimonoseki	3
Kanmon Strait (between Sea of Japan and Seto Inland Sea)	1
Kanmon Straits area	1
Shimonoseki Strait	1
Straits of Shimonoseki	1
関門海峡	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	sea passage ⓘ strait ⓘ
borderedBy	Kitakyushu ⓘ Shimonoseki ⓘ
connects	Sea of Japan ⓘ Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
crossedBy	Kanmon Bridge ⓘ Kanmon Tunnel ⓘ surface form: Kanmon Railway Tunnel Kanmon Tunnel ⓘ surface form: Kanmon Road Tunnel pedestrian tunnel ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Kanmon Straits ⓘ surface form: Strait of Shimonoseki
hasMajorBridgeOpeningYear	1973 (Kanmon Bridge) ⓘ
hasMaximumWidth	approximately 1 kilometer ⓘ
hasMinimumWidth	less than 1 kilometer ⓘ
hasNavigationRestrictions	true ⓘ
hasPort	Port of Moji ⓘ Port of Shimonoseki ⓘ
hasStrategicImportance	true ⓘ
hasStrongCurrent	true ⓘ
hasTidalCurrents	strong tidal currents ⓘ
isImportantFor	domestic transportation ⓘ international maritime traffic ⓘ shipping ⓘ
isPartOfShippingRoute	Japan coastal shipping route ⓘ
isTouristAttraction	true ⓘ
JapaneseName	Kanmon Straits self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 関門海峡
languageOfName	Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn	southwestern Japan ⓘ
locatedInPrefecture	Fukuoka Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Yamaguchi Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnIsland	Honshu ⓘ Kyushu ⓘ
namedAfter	Kanmon (combined name of Shimonoseki and Moji) ⓘ
overlookedBy	Moji Ward, Kitakyushu ⓘ Shimonoseki City ⓘ
partOf	Kanmon Kaikyo ⓘ
railTunnelOpeningYear	1942 (Kanmon Railway Tunnel) ⓘ
roadTunnelOpeningYear	1958 (Kanmon Road Tunnel) ⓘ
separates	Honshu ⓘ Kyushu ⓘ
usedBy	cargo ships ⓘ coastal shipping ⓘ ferries ⓘ fishing vessels ⓘ
wasSiteOf	Battle of Dan-no-ura ⓘ
waterwayType	narrow strait ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

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

Kyushu → separatedBy → Kanmon Straits ⓘ

Japanese archipelago → hasStrait → Kanmon Straits ⓘ

Seto Inland Sea → connectsTo → Kanmon Straits ⓘ

Kanmon Straits → hasAlternativeName → Kanmon Straits ⓘ

this entity surface form: Strait of Shimonoseki

Kanmon Straits → JapaneseName → Kanmon Straits self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 関門海峡

Shimonoseki → bordersBodyOfWater → Kanmon Straits ⓘ

Shimonoseki → hasStrait → Kanmon Straits ⓘ

Chōshū Domain → controlledStrait → Kanmon Straits ⓘ

this entity surface form: Strait of Shimonoseki

Kitakyushu → hasStrait → Kanmon Straits ⓘ

Shunpanrō → locatedIn → Kanmon Straits ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kanmon Straits area

Shunpanrō → overlooks → Kanmon Straits ⓘ

Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan → hasStrait → Kanmon Straits ⓘ

subject surface form: Yamaguchi Prefecture

Kitakyushu Port → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Kanmon Straits ⓘ

Kanmon Tunnel → locatedIn → Kanmon Straits ⓘ

Kanmon Tunnel → under → Kanmon Straits ⓘ

Kanmon Tunnel → bodyOfWater → Kanmon Straits ⓘ

Kanmon Tunnel → namedAfter → Kanmon Straits ⓘ

Kanmon Bridge → locatedIn → Kanmon Straits ⓘ

Kanmon Bridge → crosses → Kanmon Straits ⓘ

Kanmon Bridge → locatedInBodyOfWater → Kanmon Straits ⓘ

Kanmon Bridge → locatedNear → Kanmon Straits ⓘ

this entity surface form: Strait of Shimonoseki

Kanmon Bridge → locatedInSea → Kanmon Straits ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kanmon Strait (between Sea of Japan and Seto Inland Sea)

Battle of Dan-no-ura → location → Kanmon Straits ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shimonoseki Strait

Battle of Dan-no-ura → location → Kanmon Straits ⓘ

this entity surface form: Straits of Shimonoseki