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.
All labels observed (7)
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)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
North Pacific Ocean, near the Philippine Sea
this entity surface form:
Pacific Ocean off northern Japan
this entity surface form:
northwestern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form:
northwestern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form:
Pacific Ocean (from Nachi area)
this entity surface form:
northwestern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form:
northwestern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form:
northwestern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form:
northwestern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form:
northwestern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form:
northwestern Pacific Ocean
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northwestern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form:
northwestern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form:
northwestern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form:
Northwestern Pacific near Japan
this entity surface form:
northwestern Pacific marginal seas
this entity surface form:
northwestern Pacific Ocean