Northwestern Pacific Ocean

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The Northwestern Pacific Ocean is the northwestern sector of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing the waters off East Asia and surrounding numerous island groups and archipelagos.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf marine region
region of the Pacific Ocean
adjacentTo Pacific Ring of Fire
borders China
East Asia
Japan
Korean Peninsula
North Korea
Philippines
Russia
South Korea
Taiwan, Province of China
surface form: Taiwan
contains Bohai Sea
East China Sea
Japanese archipelago
Kuril Islands
Mariana Islands
Ogasawara Islands NERFINISHED
Philippine Sea
Philippine Archipelago
surface form: Philippine archipelago

Ryukyu Islands
Sakhalin Island
Sea of Japan
South China Sea
Formosa
surface form: Taiwan Island

Yellow Sea
hasBiodiversity rich marine ecosystems
hasClimate largely temperate to subtropical
tropical in southern areas
hasEconomicActivity commercial fishing
offshore oil and gas exploration
shipping
hasFeature continental shelves
deep ocean trenches
volcanic island arcs
hasLanguageRegion maritime East Asia
hasOceanCurrent Kuroshio Current
North Pacific Current
Oyashio Current
hasTypicalSeaSurfaceTemperatureRange from cold temperate to warm tropical waters
influences East Asian summer monsoon
surface form: East Asian monsoon

climate of East Asia
isMajorRouteFor trans-Pacific shipping lanes
isSubdivisionOf World Ocean
knownFor high tropical cyclone activity
intense typhoons
locatedIn Eastern Hemisphere
Northern Hemisphere
partOf Pacific Ocean

Referenced by (42)

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Daitō Islands locatedIn Northwestern Pacific Ocean
USS Indianapolis (CA-35) wreckLocation Northwestern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean, near the Philippine Sea
Pacific Fleet regionOfResponsibility Northwestern Pacific Ocean
Ominato District theaterOfOperations Northwestern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean off northern Japan
Proliv La Peruz locatedIn Northwestern Pacific Ocean
Suiko Seamount locatedIn Northwestern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: northwestern Pacific Ocean
Meiji Seamount region Northwestern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: northwestern Pacific Ocean
Kumano Sanzan hasView Northwestern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean (from Nachi area)
Alaid isProminentLandmarkIn Northwestern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: northwestern Pacific Ocean
Northern Territories dispute locatedInBodyOfWater Northwestern Pacific Ocean
Kudryavy region Northwestern Pacific Ocean
Oyashio Current locatedIn Northwestern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: northwestern Pacific Ocean
Ketoy Volcano locatedIn Northwestern Pacific Ocean
Tyatya relativeLocation Northwestern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: northwestern Pacific Ocean
Sarychev Peak locatedIn Northwestern Pacific Ocean
Hahajima locatedIn Northwestern Pacific Ocean
Minamitorishima locatedIn Northwestern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: northwestern Pacific Ocean
Mendeleev Volcano region Northwestern Pacific Ocean
Bogdan Khmelnitsky Volcano region Northwestern Pacific Ocean
Omura on Chichijima region Northwestern Pacific Ocean
Dongyin Island locatedIn Northwestern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: northwestern Pacific Ocean
Tao-Rusyr Caldera locatedIn Northwestern Pacific Ocean
Lvinaya Past Volcano region Northwestern Pacific Ocean
Nemuro Strait locatedIn Northwestern Pacific Ocean
Uraga Channel partOf Northwestern Pacific Ocean
Fuss Peak locatedIn Northwestern Pacific Ocean
Raikoke Volcano locatedIn Northwestern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: northwestern Pacific Ocean
Chikurachki Volcano locatedIn Northwestern Pacific Ocean
Ebeko Volcano locatedIn Northwestern Pacific Ocean
Alaid Volcano locatedIn Northwestern Pacific Ocean
Ise-ebi spiny lobster nativeTo Northwestern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: northwestern Pacific Ocean
Mutsu Institute for Oceanography hasResearchArea Northwestern Pacific Ocean
Kubashima locatedInSeaArea Northwestern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: northwestern Pacific Ocean
Hexagrammidae foundIn Northwestern Pacific Ocean
Rhamphocottidae distribution Northwestern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: northwestern Pacific Ocean
Trichodontidae region Northwestern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Northwestern Pacific near Japan
Nansei Islands locatedIn Northwestern Pacific Ocean
Kashima-nada partOf Northwestern Pacific Ocean
Bowers Basin partOf Northwestern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: northwestern Pacific marginal seas
Hyuga-nada segment locatedInOcean Northwestern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: northwestern Pacific Ocean
Minamidaitōjima locatedIn Northwestern Pacific Ocean
Okidaitōjima locatedIn Northwestern Pacific Ocean