North Sea

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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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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 → 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 → German Bight → Kattegat → Skagerrak → Wadden Sea →
hasOutflow	English Channel → Norwegian Sea → Skagerrak →
hasSubregion	Central North Sea → Northern North Sea → 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 (442)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aberdeenshire → Angus council area → Berwickshire → Borough of East Lindsey → Cullivoe → East Frisian Islands → East Lothian → East Riding of Yorkshire → East of England → Elie and Earlsferry → Fetlar → Fife → Firth of Forth region → Goeree-Overflakkee → Hauts-de-France → Highland council area → Isle of Sheppey → Karmøy → Kingdom of Fife → Kingdom of Fife council area → Lincolnshire → Lothian → Lothian and Fife → Monster → Netherlands → Norfolk → Norfolk → North East Lincolnshire → North Norfolk district → North Yorkshire → Northumberland → Norway → Sokndal → Southern Norway → Tayside → Tayside region (historic) → United Kingdom of the Netherlands → Vestland → Western Norway → Yell → Zuid-Holland →	hasCoastlineOn
Aberdeen → Carnoustie ("North Sea coast") → Crail ("North Sea coast") → Cromarty coast of Scotland → Cullercoats → Delta Works ("North Sea coast") → Dunkirk → East Frisia → East Lothian → East Neuk of Fife → East Sands → Flamborough Head → Great Yarmouth → Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach ("North Sea coast") → Great Yarmouth Port → Haugesund → Hoek van Holland → Margate → Pittenweem → Port of Rotterdam → Port of Vlissingen → RNAS Felixstowe ("North Sea coast") → Sandwich Bay → Scheveningen → Seaton Carew → Seaton Cliffs → St Andrews → St Andrews Harbour → St Monans → Stavanger → Stonehaven ("North Sea coast") → Stonehaven coast → Sunderland → West Sands beach → Wilhelmshaven →	locatedOn
Bass Rock → Cramond Island → Dogger Bank → East Frisian Islands → European continental shelf → Fetlar → Hanseatic League ("North Sea region") → Helgoland → Hoy → Inchkeith → Inchmickery → Isle of May → Moray Firth Basin → Norwegian waters → Orkney Mainland → River Tay estuary (part) ("North Sea basin") → Sanday → Scapa Flow → Scottish Islands → Sotra → Wadden Sea → West Frisian Islands →	locatedIn
Angus → Angus coast → Angus council area → East Neuk coastal villages → East Riding of Yorkshire → Eastern Scotland → Fife → Groningen → Lincolnshire → Metropolitan France → North Holland → Northern England → Northern Germany → Pas-de-Calais → Scandinavia → South Holland → Southern Norway ("North Sea coast") → Strait of Dover → Vestland → Yorkshire → Yorkshire and the Humber →	borders
Borough of East Lindsey → British Isles → East Frisia → Flanders → Germania → Goeree-Overflakkee → Great Britain → Jutland Peninsula → Kingdom of Scotland → Low Countries → North East Lincolnshire → North German Plain → Northern Europe → Northern Netherlands → Scottish Highlands → Scottish mainland → Tyne and Wear → Velsen → West Flanders → Westland →	borderedBy
Battle of Camperdown → Battle of Dogger Bank → Battle of Flamborough Head → Battle of Gravelines → Battle of Jutland → Battle of Lowestoft → Battle of Solebay → Battle of Texel (1673) → Battle of the Dogger Bank (1799) → Battle of the Heligoland Bight (1940 minelaying operations area) → British naval blockade of Europe → Four Days' Battle ("southern North Sea") → Franco-Dutch War → North Sea flood of 1953 → North Sea theatre of World War I → Operation Weser Exercise → Operation Weserübung → Phoney War → Spanish Armada →	location
Bawdsey Research Station → Brielle → Delta Plan → Dundee → Emden → Furnes (Veurne) ("North Sea coast") → Haarlem ("North Sea coast") → Haringvlietdam → Melissant → Middelburg → Middelharnis → Port of Hamburg → Port of Le Havre → RNAS Scapa Flow → Reimerswaal → Tantallon Castle → Velsen →	locatedNear
Angus → Belgium → Eemsdelta → Essex → Nord → Nord (department) → Northern Netherlands → Schleswig-Holstein → Suffolk → Suffolk, England → Walcheren →	hasCoastOn
Forth estuary → Maas → North Esk River → River Bure → River Carron ("North Sea (via Firth of Forth)") → River Esk → River South Esk → River Trent → River Tweed → Thames →	flowsInto
Bluemull Sound → European seas → Firth of Forth ("North Sea basin") → Firth of Tay ("North Sea basin") → Forth estuary → Moray Firth Basin ("North Sea petroleum province") → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ("North Sea basin") → Skagerrak → The Wash → Yell Sound →	partOf
Elbe → Ems → Meuse → River Dee (Aberdeenshire) → River Tay → River Tweed → River Yare → Scheldt → Weser →	mouth
Forfarshire → Hauts-de-France → Norfolk → North East England → Scandinavian Peninsula → Southern England → United Kingdom coastline → Zeeland →	bordersBodyOfWater
Eastern Scheldt → English Channel → European inland shipping network → Mor Breizh → Nieuwe Waterweg → Port of Amsterdam → Skagerrak → Western Scheldt →	connectsTo
Atlantic Ocean → Baltic Sea → Baltic Sea coast region → Littorina Sea → Main → Norwegian Sea → Port of Antwerp →	connectedTo
Channel → Eemskanaal → North Sea Canal → North Sea–English Channel area → Pennine waterways → Rhine–Main–Danube Canal → Strait of Dover →	connects
Firth of Forth → Firth of Tay → Humber Estuary → Rhin → Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta → River Tay → Tatha →	emptiesInto
Golden Mile (Great Yarmouth) → Jubilee Course → Lady’s Tower → Lunan Bay → Seaton Cliffs → Sir Duncan Rice Library → St Rule's Tower →	hasView
Belgian Naval Component → Danish Navy → German Navy → NATO naval forces → Northern Lighthouse Board → Portsmouth Flotilla → Royal Netherlands Navy →	operatesIn
Battle of Jutland → Battle of Sluys → Battle of the Dogger Bank (1799) → HMS Centurion → Home Fleet → RNAS Yarmouth → Raid on the Medway ("North Sea and English coastal waters") →	theatre
Atlantic coast → Barry Sands → Jubilee Course → Leven → Methil ("North Sea (via Firth of Forth)") →	adjacentTo
Bloemendaal → Bømlo → County Durham → Strömstad → Westland →	hasCoastline
Elie Lighthouse → Seaton Carew → St Andrews Cathedral → Stonehaven coast → Vuurboetsduin →	hasViewOf
Burravoe → Helgoland → Lindisfarne → Mid Yell ("North Sea region") → Yell ("North Sea region") →	locatedInBodyOfWater
Rijn → River Bure → River South Esk → River Witham → River Yare →	mouthLocatedIn
Hardangerfjord → Lysefjord → River Tay estuary (part) → Sognefjord → Thames Estuary →	opensInto
British Channel Fleet → Channel Fleet ("southern North Sea") → HMS Arethusa → RAF Coastal Command → Royal Scots Navy →	theatreOfOperations
Angus coast → East Sands → Monifieth beach ("North Sea (via Firth of Tay)") → Ruby Bay →	hasWaterBody
Maas → Rhine → River Esk → River Great Ouse →	mouthLocation
North Holland → South Holland → historic county of Kent →	coastlineOn
European route E25 → Kattegat → North Sea via Brouwerssluis →	connectsBodyOfWater
North Sea ("Southern North Sea") → North Sea ("Central North Sea") → North Sea ("Northern North Sea") →	hasSubregion
Carnoustie railway station → Elie Lighthouse → Lunan Bay →	locatedOnCoastOf
Bruges → Monifieth Golf Links → Whitby Abbey →	near
Heinrich Dau → Reichsmarine → Viking ship →	operatedIn
St Andrews Castle → Tantallon Castle → Tynemouth Priory →	overlooks
Atlantic cod → Battle of Flamborough Head ("North Sea off Yorkshire") → Old Frisian ("North Sea coast") →	region
Jøssingfjord → Montrose Basin → River Tay estuary (part) →	waterBody
Rijn → Scheldt →	dischargesInto
Nordfjord → North Sea drainage basin →	drainsInto
East of England → Lordship of Friesland →	hasBorderWith
Monster → Rockanje →	hasNearbyWaterBody
Brouwersdam → Forth Islands SPA →	locatedInWaterBody
Buckhaven → Montrose →	locatedOnBodyOfWater
HMS Indefatigable → HMS Invincible →	locationOfWreck
British Golf Museum → Old Course at St Andrews →	nearBodyOfWater
Northern Diving Group → RNAS Yarmouth →	operationalArea
British Isles → Fidra Lighthouse →	seaArea
Eastern Scheldt → Krammer →	separatedFrom
Brouwersdam → Grevelingendam →	separates
Limes Germanicus ("North Sea coast") → Western Front (World War I) →	startPoint
Scotland → United Kingdom →	surroundedBy
Kriegsmarine High Command →	appliesToJurisdiction
Treaty of Westminster (1654) →	appliesToTerritory
Allied Naval Expeditionary Force →	areaOfOperations
Berwickshire →	border
Karmøy →	borderedByWaterBody
Belgians →	borderingSeaOfCountry
France →	borderSea
Lower Saxony →	bordersSea
Norwegian Sea →	bordersWaterBody
HMS Serapis →	capturedIn
Lowestoft →	coast
Skagerrak →	connectedWaterBody
North West Norfolk →	containsCoastline
Scottish Borders →	containsCoastlineOn
Chain Home ("North Sea approaches") →	coverageArea
Gadus aeglefinus →	distribution
Rednitz River →	drainageBasin
Scandinavian Mountains →	drainageDivideFor
Baltic Ice Lake →	drainedInto
Port of London →	extendsTo
Weser →	flowsIntoBodyOfWater
Fife Coastal Path →	followsCoastOf
Grevelingen →	formerlyConnectedTo
Atlantic herring →	foundIn
Western Front (World War II) →	geographicScope
Bressay →	hasBodyOfWater
Wellington Pier ("North Sea coast") →	hasEnvironment
North Sea ("German Bight") →	hasFeature
Four Days' Battle →	hasMainTheater
Port of London →	hasMouthIn
Medway Ports →	hasNavigationAccess
Aywick →	hasNearbyBodyOfWater
Dundee Law →	hasPanoramicViewOf
Central Europe →	hasSeaAccess
Schleswig-Holstein →	hasSeaBorder
West Sandwick →	hasShore
Anglo-Frisian dialects ("North Sea coastal areas") →	historicalRegion
Kingston upon Hull →	isMajorTradingHubFor
West Flanders ("North Sea shoreline") →	knownFor
St Rule's Tower →	locatedInOrNextToBodyOfWater
Graemsay →	locatedInSea
SMS Lützow ("North Sea, off Jutland Peninsula") →	locationDuringBattleOfJutland
HMS Minotaur →	locationOfOperation
Anglo-Dutch Wars →	mainTheater
North Esk River →	mouthOfWaterBody
North Sea Canal →	namedAfter
HMS Countess of Scarborough →	navalTheatre
Dunkirk ("North Sea coast") →	nearbyBodyOfWater
Lady’s Tower →	nearbyWaterBody
SMS Lützow →	placeOfScuttling
HMS Queen Mary →	placeOfSinking
U-boats →	primaryTheater
Port of Ramsgate →	primaryWaterbody
Shetland →	seaBorder
Jutland Peninsula →	seaToWest
Great Britain →	separatedFromBy
Koksijde Air Base ("North Sea search and rescue region") →	serves
The Boat That Rocked →	setInLocation
England →	surroundedBySea
Grand Fleet →	theater
Czechoslovak Navy ("North Sea (limited)") →	theaterOfOperations
Operation Nordseetour →	theaterOfWar
Pallas →	theatreOfWar
Gutes ("North Sea region") →	tradedIn
Vikings →	tradeNetwork
Oude Maas →	tributaryOf
Middle Low German ("North Sea region") →	usedIn
Methil Docks →	waterbody
North Sea via Brouwerssluis →	waterFlowsTo
Great Yarmouth Port →	waterway
Maarten Tromp →	workLocation