Northeast Passage

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Arctic sea route sea route shipping route

The Northeast Passage is a sea route along the northern coast of Eurasia, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans via Arctic waters and historically sought as a shorter path between Europe and Asia.

Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Northern Sea Route	4
Nordostpassage	1
Nordostpassagen	1
Northern Sea Route shipping	1
Northern Sea Route system	1
Northern Sea Routes	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Arctic sea route ⓘ sea route ⓘ shipping route ⓘ
affectedBy	Arctic sea ice retreat ⓘ climate change ⓘ
alternativeTo	Cape of Good Hope route ⓘ Suez Canal route ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Northwest Passage ⓘ
commercialUseBeganIn	20th century ⓘ
connects	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ
controlledPrimarilyBy	Russia ⓘ surface form: Russian Federation
firstCompleteTransitBy	Vega expedition ⓘ
firstCompleteTransitEndYear	1879 ⓘ
firstCompleteTransitLeader	Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld ⓘ
firstCompleteTransitStartYear	1878 ⓘ
governedBy	Russian Arctic shipping regulations ⓘ
hasSection	Barents Sea ⓘ Chukchi Sea ⓘ East Siberian Sea ⓘ Kara Sea ⓘ Laptev Sea ⓘ
historicallySoughtAs	shorter route between Europe and Asia ⓘ
languageName_de	Northeast Passage self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nordostpassage
languageName_en	Northeast Passage self-link ⓘ
languageName_sv	Northeast Passage self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nordostpassagen
locatedAlong	northern coast of Eurasia ⓘ
locatedIn	Arctic Ocean ⓘ
mainUserCountry	China ⓘ European shipping nations ⓘ Russia ⓘ
navigabilityDependsOn	sea ice conditions ⓘ
partOf	Northeast Passage self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Northern Sea Route system
passesThroughExclusiveEconomicZoneOf	Russia ⓘ
requires	icebreaker support for much of the year ⓘ
riskFactors	environmental hazards ⓘ icebergs ⓘ limited search and rescue infrastructure ⓘ sea ice ⓘ
seasonallyNavigable	yes ⓘ
shorterThan	route via Suez Canal between Europe and East Asia ⓘ
strategicImportance	growing with Arctic warming ⓘ
subjectTo	UNCLOS provisions ⓘ
terminusAt	Bering Strait ⓘ Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
usedFor	container shipping ⓘ hydrocarbon transport ⓘ international shipping ⓘ mineral exports ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Hugh Willoughby → areaOfExploration → Northeast Passage ⓘ

Archangel → connectedBy → Northeast Passage ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Sea Route

Arctic Ocean → containsShippingRoute → Northeast Passage ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Sea Route

Vega expedition → explorationArea → Northeast Passage ⓘ

Northwest Passage → hasAlternativeRoute → Northeast Passage ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Sea Route

Kara Sea → historicalUse → Northeast Passage ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Sea Route shipping

Northeast Passage → languageName_de → Northeast Passage self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nordostpassage

Northeast Passage → languageName_en → Northeast Passage self-link ⓘ

Northeast Passage → languageName_sv → Northeast Passage self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nordostpassagen

Northeast Passage → partOf → Northeast Passage self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Sea Route system

Northwest Passage → partOf → Northeast Passage ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Sea Routes

Tiksi → partOf → Northeast Passage ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Sea Route

Vega expedition → route → Northeast Passage ⓘ

Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld → routeCompleted → Northeast Passage ⓘ

Henry Hudson → searchedFor → Northeast Passage ⓘ