Chukchi Sea

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The Chukchi Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean located between Alaska and Siberia, known for its icy waters, rich marine life, and strategic importance for Arctic shipping routes.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Chukchi Sea canonical 72
Chukchi Sea region 2
Chukchi Sea shelf 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf marginal sea
sea
adjacentTo Beaufort Sea
borderedBy Alaska
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Russia
United States of America
surface form: United States
connectedBy Bering Strait
connectedTo Bering Sea
East Siberian Sea
countryOnCoast Russia
United States of America
surface form: United States
governedBy United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
hasArea approximately 595000 square kilometers
hasAverageDepth 80 m
hasCharacteristic rich marine biodiversity
seasonal sea ice cover
shallow continental shelf
hasClimate polar climate
hasMajorPortNearby Nome
Pevek
hasMaximumDepth 1258 m
hasPrimaryCirculation inflow from Pacific Ocean through Bering Strait
hasResourcePotential offshore natural gas
offshore oil
hasSalinity variable Arctic marine salinity
hasSeason long winter ice season
short open-water season
hasWaterType saltwater
importantFor Arctic shipping routes
Indigenous subsistence hunting
marine mammal habitat
inhabitedBy beluga whale
bowhead whale
polar bear
seals
walrus
locatedBetween Alaska
Siberia
locatedIn Arctic region
locatedOnCoastOf Arctic coastal plain of Alaska
surface form: Alaska North Slope

Chukchi Peninsula
surface form: Chukotka Peninsula
namedAfter Chukchi people
partOf Arctic Ocean
subjectTo sea ice loss due to climate change
usedFor commercial shipping
fishing
scientific research

Referenced by (79)

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

Arctic Ocean hasPart Chukchi Sea
Alaska hasCoastlineOn Chukchi Sea
Arctic Circle passesThrough Chukchi Sea
Northwest Passage hasEndPoint Chukchi Sea
Bering Strait partOf Chukchi Sea
Bering Strait nearbySea Chukchi Sea
Bering Sea borders Chukchi Sea
Canada Basin adjacentTo Chukchi Sea
Northeast Passage hasSection Chukchi Sea
North Slope Borough borders Chukchi Sea
Beaufort Sea connectedTo Chukchi Sea
East Siberian Sea borderedBy Chukchi Sea
East Siberian Sea connectedTo Chukchi Sea
Brooks Range extendsFrom Chukchi Sea
Arctic drainage basin drainsInto Chukchi Sea
Chamisso Island locatedIn Chukchi Sea
Chamisso Island bodyOfWater Chukchi Sea
Rurik exploredRegion Chukchi Sea
subject surface form: Rurik (ship)
this entity surface form: Chukchi Sea region
Chukchi Plateau locatedIn Chukchi Sea
Chukchi Plateau extendsFrom Chukchi Sea
Chukchi Plateau borderedBy Chukchi Sea
Chukchi Plateau liesNorthOf Chukchi Sea
this entity surface form: Chukchi Sea shelf
Bering Land Bridge separatesNow Chukchi Sea
Amerasian Basin isAdjacentTo Chukchi Sea
Vitus Bering exploredRegion Chukchi Sea
Big Diomede Island locatedIn Chukchi Sea
Diomede Islands region Chukchi Sea
this entity surface form: Chukchi Sea area
Wainwright locatedOn Chukchi Sea
Provideniya locatedOn Chukchi Sea
this entity surface form: Chukchi Sea region
Point Hope locatedOn Chukchi Sea
Point Hope nearestLargeWaterBody Chukchi Sea
Utqiaġvik borderedBy Chukchi Sea
Siberian continental shelf hasPart Chukchi Sea
this entity surface form: Chukchi Sea shelf
Chukchi people oceanProximity Chukchi Sea
Point Barrow locatedOnBodyOfWater Chukchi Sea
Point Barrow seaBorder Chukchi Sea
Kotzebue locatedOn Chukchi Sea
Kotzebue Sound locatedIn Chukchi Sea
Kotzebue Sound connectedTo Chukchi Sea