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.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Northeast Passage canonical 10
Northern Sea Route 5
Arctic shipping 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 (21)

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

Henry Hudson → searchedFor → Northeast Passage ⓘ
Arctic Ocean → containsShippingRoute → Northeast Passage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Sea Route
Northwest Passage → partOf → Northeast Passage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Sea Routes
Northwest Passage → hasAlternativeRoute → Northeast Passage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Sea Route
Northeast Passage → partOf → Northeast Passage self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Sea Route system
Northeast Passage → languageName_en → Northeast Passage self-link ⓘ
Northeast Passage → languageName_de → Northeast Passage self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nordostpassage
Northeast Passage → languageName_sv → Northeast Passage self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nordostpassagen
Kara Sea → historicalUse → Northeast Passage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Sea Route shipping
Archangel → connectedBy → Northeast Passage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Sea Route
Hugh Willoughby → areaOfExploration → Northeast Passage ⓘ
Vega expedition → route → Northeast Passage ⓘ
Vega expedition → explorationArea → Northeast Passage ⓘ
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld → routeCompleted → Northeast Passage ⓘ
Tiksi → partOf → Northeast Passage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Sea Route
Northern Sea Route region → partOf → Northeast Passage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arctic shipping routes
Franz Josef Land → strategicFor → Northeast Passage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Sea Route
Vilkitsky Strait → partOf → Northeast Passage ⓘ
Vardø → isGatewayTo → Northeast Passage ⓘ
SS Vega → route → Northeast Passage ⓘ
Maud → exploredRegion → Northeast Passage ⓘ