Sakhalin Island

E106624

geographical region island

Sakhalin Island is a large, resource-rich Russian island in the North Pacific, located north of Japan and known for its strategic importance and complex Russo-Japanese history.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Sakhalin Island canonical	30
Sakhalin	15
southern Sakhalin	3
South Sakhalin	2
Sakhalin (Russia)	1
Sakhalin Island region	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ island ⓘ
area	approximately 72,500 square kilometers ⓘ
borderedBySea	Sea of Japan ⓘ Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
capitalCityOfRegion	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk ⓘ
climate	subarctic climate ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
currentSovereignState	Russia ⓘ surface form: Russian Federation
ecosystem	boreal forests ⓘ wetlands ⓘ
fauna	brown bears ⓘ migratory birds ⓘ salmon ⓘ seals ⓘ
hasCity	Kholmsk ⓘ Korsakov ⓘ Nogliki ⓘ Okha ⓘ
hasMountainRange	East Sakhalin Mountains ⓘ West Sakhalin Mountains ⓘ
hasProject	Sakhalin-I ⓘ Sakhalin-II ⓘ
highestPoint	Mount Lopatin ⓘ
historicalClaimant	Japan ⓘ Russia ⓘ
historicalTreaty	Treaty of Portsmouth ⓘ Treaty of Saint Petersburg 1875 ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875) Treaty of Shimoda ⓘ
indigenousPeople	Ainu ⓘ Nivkh ⓘ Orok (Uilta) ⓘ
knownFor	coal deposits ⓘ fishing industry ⓘ natural gas reserves ⓘ oil reserves ⓘ timber resources ⓘ
largestCity	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk ⓘ
length	approximately 948 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn	Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Pacific Ocean Russia Far East ⓘ surface form: Russian Far East
locatedNorthOf	Hokkaido ⓘ Japan ⓘ
partiallyControlledBy	Japan before 1945 ⓘ
partOf	Sakhalin Oblast ⓘ
separatedBy	La Pérouse Strait ⓘ Tatar Strait ⓘ
separatedFrom	Hokkaido ⓘ
southernPartNameUnderJapan	Karafuto Prefecture ⓘ surface form: Karafuto
strategicImportance	access to North Pacific shipping routes ⓘ energy exports ⓘ proximity to Japan ⓘ
timeZone	Sakhalin Time ⓘ
transferredTo	Soviet Union after World War II ⓘ
UTCOffset	+11 ⓘ
width	up to about 160 kilometers ⓘ

Referenced by (52)

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

Sea of Okhotsk → borderedBy → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

La Pérouse Strait → separates → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

La Pérouse Strait → borderedBy → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

La Pérouse Strait → locatedBetween → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

Vladivostok Time (VLAT) → appliesToIslandRegion → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

subject surface form: Vladivostok Time

Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation → location → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sakhalin

South Sakhalin Offensive Operation → location → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Sakhalin

South Sakhalin Offensive Operation → location → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

Okhotsk Plate → regionIncludes → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

Ussuri brown bear → nativeTo → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sakhalin

Ainu → historicalRegion → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sakhalin

Pacific theater of the Russo-Japanese War → hasKeyLocation → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

Far Eastern Federal District → containsGeographicalFeature → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse → visitedPlace → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sakhalin

Proliv La Peruz → separates → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

Proliv La Peruz → locatedBetween → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

Proliv Soyya → separates → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

Tatar Strait → separates → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

Tatar Strait → borderedBy → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

Wakkanai → isGatewayTo → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

Wakkanai → twinnedWith → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sakhalin (Russia)

Soya Current → adjacentTo → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sakhalin

Kholmsk → locatedOn → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

Korsakov → locatedOn → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

Treaty of Saint Petersburg 1875 → mainSubject → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

subject surface form: Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875)

this entity surface form: Sakhalin

Treaty of Saint Petersburg 1875 → concernsTerritory → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

subject surface form: Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875)

this entity surface form: Sakhalin

Treaty of Saint Petersburg 1875 → appliesToJurisdiction → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

subject surface form: Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875)

this entity surface form: Sakhalin

Sōya Strait → separates → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

Sōya Strait → borderedBy → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

East Sakhalin Current → adjacentTo → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

Sakhalin Oblast → contains → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk → locatedOn → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk → locatedOnIsland → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sakhalin

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk → isTransportNodeFor → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

Sakhalin-1 project → locatedIn → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sakhalin Island region

Sakhalin-1 project → locatedOffshoreOf → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

Northwestern Pacific Ocean → contains → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

Steller sea eagle → nativeTo → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sakhalin

August Storm → location → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

subject surface form: Operation August Storm

this entity surface form: Sakhalin

Soviet occupation of southern Sakhalin → appliesToPart → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Sakhalin

Soviet occupation of southern Sakhalin → location → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

Japanese 5th Area Army → areaOfOperations → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Sakhalin

Karafuto Prefecture → locatedOn → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

Karafuto Prefecture → locatedIn → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Sakhalin

Karafuto Prefecture → isPartOfIsland → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sakhalin

Medal for the Victory over Japan → theaterOfOperations → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Sakhalin

Orok language → spokenIn → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

Japanese occupation of parts of the Russian Far East → location → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sakhalin

Sovetskaya Gavan → locatedNear → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

Ainu language → spokenIn → Sakhalin Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sakhalin