Bering Sea
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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.
All labels observed (18)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bering Sea canonical | 185 |
| Bering Sea region | 13 |
| western Bering Sea | 3 |
| Bering Shelf | 2 |
| Bering Sea Unit | 1 |
| Bering Sea basin | 1 |
| Bering Sea coast | 1 |
| Bering Sea floor | 1 |
| Bering Sea marine ecoregion | 1 |
| Bering Sea seafloor | 1 |
| Bering Sea shelf | 1 |
| Bering Sea tectonic province | 1 |
| Bering Sea watershed | 1 |
| Gulf of Anadyr | 1 |
| North Pacific Arctic sector | 1 |
| Norton Sound | 1 |
| eastern Bering Sea | 1 |
| northeastern Bering Sea | 1 |
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 volcanic arc ⓘ
surface form:
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 Sea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Bering Shelf
Bowers Ridge ⓘ Navarin Canyon ⓘ Navarin Canyon ⓘ
surface form:
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
ⓘ
U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone ⓘ
surface form:
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 institutes ⓘ
surface form:
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 (217)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Russian Far East
this entity surface form:
Norton Sound
this entity surface form:
Bering Sea coast
this entity surface form:
Bering Shelf
subject surface form:
Southwestern Alaska
this entity surface form:
northeastern Bering Sea
this entity surface form:
Bering Shelf
this entity surface form:
eastern Bering Sea