North Sea

E2599

marginal sea sea

The North Sea is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean located between Great Britain, Scandinavia, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France, known for its major shipping routes, rich fishing grounds, and offshore oil and gas reserves.

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All labels observed (38)

Label	Occurrences
North Sea canonical	1,728
North Sea region	24
North Sea coast	13
North Sea basin	6
North Sea (via Firth of Forth)	2
North Sea and English coastal waters	2
North Sea fishing grounds	2
Southern North Sea	2
southern North Sea	2
Central North Sea	1
Die Nordsee	1
Doggerland in the North Sea	1
German Bight	1
Greater North Sea marine ecoregion	1
North Sea (adjacent waters)	1
North Sea (historically)	1
North Sea (limited)	1
North Sea (open sea) on the north	1
North Sea (via Firth of Tay)	1
North Sea Basin	1
North Sea approaches	1
North Sea coastal areas	1
North Sea continental shelf	1
North Sea ecoregion	1
North Sea gas	1
North Sea maritime region	1
North Sea off Yorkshire	1
North Sea petroleum province	1
North Sea search and rescue region	1
North Sea shipping lanes	1
North Sea shoreline	1
North Sea via Wadden Sea	1
North Sea, off Jutland Peninsula	1
Northern North Sea	1
OSPAR Region II Greater North Sea	1
Oceanus Britannicus	1
The North Sea	1
the North Sea	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	marginal sea ⓘ sea ⓘ
averageDepth	approximately 95 metres ⓘ
borderedBy	Belgium ⓘ Denmark ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Norway ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
climate	temperate oceanic climate ⓘ
connectedTo	Baltic Sea ⓘ English Channel ⓘ Skagerrak ⓘ surface form: Kattegat Norwegian Sea ⓘ Skagerrak ⓘ
governedBy	United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	fishing ⓘ offshore gas production ⓘ offshore oil production ⓘ renewable energy production ⓘ shipping ⓘ
hasFeature	Dogger Bank ⓘ North Sea self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: German Bight Skagerrak ⓘ surface form: Kattegat Skagerrak ⓘ Wadden Sea ⓘ
hasOutflow	English Channel ⓘ Norwegian Sea ⓘ Skagerrak ⓘ
hasSubregion	North Sea self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Central North Sea North Sea self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Northern North Sea North Sea self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Southern North Sea
importantFor	European energy supply ⓘ European maritime trade ⓘ
knownFor	major shipping routes ⓘ offshore natural gas reserves ⓘ offshore oil reserves ⓘ offshore wind farms ⓘ rich fishing grounds ⓘ
locatedBetween	Belgium ⓘ Denmark ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Great Britain ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Norway ⓘ
locatedIn	Northern Europe ⓘ
locatedOn	European continental shelf ⓘ
maximumDepth	approximately 700 metres ⓘ
partOf	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
subjectTo	storm surges ⓘ strong tides ⓘ
surfaceArea	approximately 575000 square kilometres ⓘ

Referenced by (1,810)

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

Phoney War → location → North Sea ⓘ

Atlantic Ocean → connectedTo → North Sea ⓘ

Belgium → hasCoastOn → North Sea ⓘ

United Kingdom → surroundedBy → North Sea ⓘ

France → borderSea → North Sea ⓘ

Netherlands → hasCoastlineOn → North Sea ⓘ

Fife → borders → North Sea ⓘ

Fife → hasCoastlineOn → North Sea ⓘ

Firth of Forth → emptiesInto → North Sea ⓘ

Firth of Forth → partOf → North Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Sea basin

Furnes (Veurne) → locatedNear → North Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Sea coast

England → surroundedBySea → North Sea ⓘ

Angus → borders → North Sea ⓘ

Angus → hasCoastOn → North Sea ⓘ

Chain Home radar network → coverageArea → North Sea ⓘ

subject surface form: Chain Home

this entity surface form: North Sea approaches

Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta → emptiesInto → North Sea ⓘ

Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta → partOf → North Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Sea basin

English Channel → connectsTo → North Sea ⓘ

North Sea → hasSubregion → North Sea self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern North Sea

North Sea → hasSubregion → North Sea self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central North Sea

North Sea → hasSubregion → North Sea self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern North Sea

North Sea → hasFeature → North Sea self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Bight

Baltic Sea → connectedTo → North Sea ⓘ

Scottish Islands → locatedIn → North Sea ⓘ

Western Front → geographicScope → North Sea ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Front (World War II)

Norway → hasCoastlineOn → North Sea ⓘ

Northern England → borders → North Sea ⓘ

Spanish Armada → location → North Sea ⓘ

Anglo-Frisian dialects → historicalRegion → North Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Sea coastal areas

Anglo-Dutch Wars → mainTheater → North Sea ⓘ

Allied Naval Expeditionary Force → areaOfOperations → North Sea ⓘ

Fife Coastal Path → followsCoastOf → North Sea ⓘ

Inchmickery → locatedIn → North Sea ⓘ

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England → locatedOn → North Sea ⓘ

subject surface form: Great Yarmouth

Scottish Highlands → borderedBy → North Sea ⓘ

Lower Saxony → bordersSea → North Sea ⓘ

Kingdom of Scotland → borderedBy → North Sea ⓘ

Franco-Dutch War → location → North Sea ⓘ

Thames → flowsInto → North Sea ⓘ

East of England → hasBorderWith → North Sea ⓘ

East of England → hasCoastlineOn → North Sea ⓘ

Leven → adjacentTo → North Sea ⓘ

Old Course at St Andrews → nearBodyOfWater → North Sea ⓘ

Limes Germanicus → startPoint → North Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Sea coast

U-boats → primaryTheater → North Sea ⓘ

Jøssingfjord → waterBody → North Sea ⓘ

Central Europe → hasSeaAccess → North Sea ⓘ

Pittenweem → locatedOn → North Sea ⓘ

Groningen → borders → North Sea ⓘ

Operation Weserübung → location → North Sea ⓘ