Bering Sea

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marginal sea sea

The Bering Sea is a marginal sea of the northern Pacific Ocean located between Alaska and Russia, known for its rich marine ecosystems, major fisheries, and historically significant shipping and exploration routes.

Aliases (9)

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	marginal sea → sea →
area	approximately 2.3 million square kilometers →
borders	Alaska Peninsula → Aleutian Islands → Bering Strait → Chukchi Sea → Chukotka Autonomous Okrug → Gulf of Alaska → Kamchatka Peninsula →
connectedTo	Arctic Ocean →
connectedVia	Bering Strait →
contains	Bristol Bay → Commander Islands → Diomede Islands → Norton Sound → Pribilof Islands → St. Lawrence Island →
hasAverageDepth	1591 m →
hasClimate	subarctic climate →
hasEcosystemType	high‑productivity shelf ecosystem → subarctic marine ecosystem →
hasFeature	Aleutian Basin → Bering Shelf → Bowers Ridge → Navarin Canyon → Pribilof Canyon → Shirshov Ridge → Zhemchug Canyon →
hasMaximumDepth	4151 m →
hasSeasonalFeature	extensive sea ice in winter →
inhabitedBy	Steller sea lion → bowhead whale → gray whale → humpback whale → northern fur seal → spectacled eider → walrus →
isPartOf	Russian Federation Exclusive Economic Zone → United States Exclusive Economic Zone →
knownFor	important seabird colonies → large marine mammal populations → major commercial fisheries → rich marine biodiversity →
locatedBetween	Alaska → Russia →
locatedIn	Northern Pacific Ocean →
majorFisheryFor	Pacific cod → crab → halibut → salmon → walleye pollock →
monitoredBy	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration → Russian Academy of Sciences →
namedAfter	Vitus Bering →
partOf	Pacific Ocean →
subjectTo	climate change impacts → international fisheries agreements →
usedFor	shipping routes between North America and Asia →
wasKeyRegionIn	Pacific exploration history → Russian exploration of North America →

Referenced by (70)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aleutian Basin → Aleutian Basin ("western Bering Sea") → Bowers Ridge → Fox Islands → Little Diomede Island → Navarin Canyon → Navarin Canyon ("northeastern Bering Sea") → Near Islands → Norton Sound → Nunivak Island → Pribilof Islands → Shirshov Ridge → Shirshov Ridge ("western Bering Sea") → St. Lawrence Island → Zhemchug Canyon →	locatedIn
Bering Strait → Bowers Ridge ("Bering Sea tectonic province") → Bristol Bay → Diomede Islands ("Bering Sea region") → Shirshov Ridge ("Bering Sea seafloor") →	partOf
Central Alaskan Yup’ik ("Bering Sea coast") → Nunivak Cup’ig → Unangas → Zhemchug Canyon ("eastern Bering Sea") →	region
Alaska Peninsula → Chukotka Autonomous Okrug → Russian Far East →	bordersBodyOfWater
Chukchi Sea → Sea of Okhotsk →	connectedTo
HMS Discovery → Vitus Bering →	exploredRegion
Dutch Harbor, Alaska → Nunivak Island →	locatedInBodyOfWater
Fox Islands → St. Lawrence Island →	sea
Aleutian Arc → Aleutian Islands →	separates
United States territorial waters →	adjacentTo
Vitus Bering →	associatedWith
Southwestern Alaska →	border
St. Lawrence Island →	borderingWaterBody
Pacific Ocean →	containsFeature
International Date Line →	crosses
Russian circumnavigation expedition on the Rurik →	destinationRegion
Yukon River →	dischargeLocation
Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta →	emptiesInto
Kuskokwim River →	flowsInto
spectacled eider →	geographicDistribution
Alaska →	hasCoastlineOn
Central Alaskan Yup’ik ("Norton Sound") →	hasDialects
Bering Sea ("Bering Shelf") →	hasFeature
Northern Pacific →	hasPart
Northern Pacific Ocean →	includesMarginalSea
Russian Federation Exclusive Economic Zone →	includesSeaArea
U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone →	includesWatersOff
North Pacific Fishery Management Council →	jurisdiction
Zhemchug Canyon ("Bering Shelf") →	locatedOn
Pribilof Islands →	marineEcoregion
Yukon River →	mouth
Kuskokwim River →	mouthLocatedIn
Steller sea lion →	nativeTo
Aleutian Trench →	near
Bering Strait →	nearbySea
Diomede Islands →	ocean
Arctic Circle →	passesThrough
Aleutian Basin →	seafloorProvinceOf
Bering Land Bridge →	separatesNow
Third voyage of James Cook →	theatreOfOperations
Unangan →	traditionalRegion
Aleutian Basin ("western Bering Sea") →	underlies