Nemuro Strait

E184697

body of water strait

Nemuro Strait is a narrow body of water separating Japan’s Hokkaido from the southern Kuril Islands, known for its rich marine life and geopolitical significance.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Nemuro Strait canonical	3
Kunashir Strait	1
Nemuro Channel (regional term)	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	body of water ⓘ strait ⓘ
adjacentTo	Habomai Islands ⓘ Hokkaido ⓘ surface form: Hokkaido Prefecture Kunashir ⓘ surface form: Kunashir Island Shikotan ⓘ surface form: Shikotan Island
borderBetween	Japan ⓘ Russia ⓘ
connects	Pacific Ocean ⓘ Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
ecoregion	temperate North Pacific marine ecoregion ⓘ
hasClimate	cold maritime climate ⓘ
hasEconomicImportance	local shipping routes ⓘ regional fisheries ⓘ
hasFeature	foggy conditions ⓘ productive fishing grounds ⓘ strong currents ⓘ
hasGeopoliticalSignificance	Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands ⓘ surface form: Japan–Russia territorial dispute
hasNavigationConditions	seasonal sea ice presence ⓘ
hasSecurityRelevance	border control ⓘ military monitoring ⓘ
knownFor	abundant fisheries ⓘ cold-water marine ecosystem ⓘ rich marine life ⓘ
languageOfToponym	Japanese ⓘ Russian ⓘ
locatedIn	East Asia ⓘ surface form: Far East Asia Northwestern Pacific Ocean ⓘ Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ surface form: Sea of Okhotsk region
near	Nemuro Strait self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nemuro Channel (regional term) Nemuro City ⓘ Nemuro Peninsula ⓘ Nemuro Subprefecture ⓘ
partOf	Kuril straits ⓘ surface form: Japan–Russia maritime boundary area Kuril Islands ⓘ surface form: Kuril Islands region disputed Northern Territories area ⓘ
separates	Hokkaido ⓘ Southern Kurils ⓘ surface form: southern Kuril Islands
subjectOf	Japan–Russia border negotiations ⓘ Japan–Russia fisheries agreements ⓘ
usedFor	fishing ⓘ marine transportation ⓘ
waterType	saltwater ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Kuril Islands → hasStrait → Nemuro Strait ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kunashir Strait

Kunashir → borderedBy → Nemuro Strait ⓘ

Nemuro Strait → near → Nemuro Strait self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nemuro Channel (regional term)

Habomai Islands → nearbyBodyOfWater → Nemuro Strait ⓘ