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.

Operation Weser Exercise → location → North Sea ⓘ

Buckhaven → locatedOnBodyOfWater → North Sea ⓘ

HMS Arethusa → theatreOfOperations → North Sea ⓘ

Methil → adjacentTo → North Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Sea (via Firth of Forth)

Crail → locatedOn → North Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Sea coast

St Monans → locatedOn → North Sea ⓘ

Carnoustie → locatedOn → North Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Sea coast

River Tay estuary (part) → locatedIn → North Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Sea basin

River Tay estuary (part) → opensInto → North Sea ⓘ

River Tay estuary (part) → waterBody → North Sea ⓘ

Battle of Jutland → location → North Sea ⓘ

Battle of Jutland → theatre → North Sea ⓘ

Battle of Flamborough Head → location → North Sea ⓘ

Battle of Flamborough Head → region → North Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Sea off Yorkshire

Rhine → mouthLocation → North Sea ⓘ

Cramond Island → locatedIn → North Sea ⓘ

South Holland → borders → North Sea ⓘ

South Holland → coastlineOn → North Sea ⓘ

Zeeland → bordersBodyOfWater → North Sea ⓘ

Hoy → locatedIn → North Sea ⓘ

Western Norway → hasCoastlineOn → North Sea ⓘ

Inchkeith → locatedIn → North Sea ⓘ

RNAS Scapa Flow → locatedNear → North Sea ⓘ

St Andrews → locatedOn → North Sea ⓘ

Yell → locatedInBodyOfWater → North Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Sea region

Yell → hasCoastlineOn → North Sea ⓘ

Trent → flowsInto → North Sea ⓘ

subject surface form: River Trent

Scheldt → mouth → North Sea ⓘ

Scheldt → dischargesInto → North Sea ⓘ

North Sea flood of 1953 → location → North Sea ⓘ

RNAS Felixstowe → locatedOn → North Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Sea coast

Krammer → separatedFrom → North Sea ⓘ

Channel → connects → North Sea ⓘ

Mor Breizh → connectsTo → North Sea ⓘ

European continental shelf → locatedIn → North Sea ⓘ

British Isles → seaArea → North Sea ⓘ

British Isles → borderedBy → North Sea ⓘ

Bass Rock → locatedIn → North Sea ⓘ

Seaton Cliffs → locatedOn → North Sea ⓘ

Seaton Cliffs → hasView → North Sea ⓘ

Yorkshire and the Humber → borders → North Sea ⓘ

Scotland → surroundedBy → North Sea ⓘ

Firth of Tay → emptiesInto → North Sea ⓘ

Firth of Tay → partOf → North Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Sea basin

Elbe → mouth → North Sea ⓘ

Grevelingen → formerlyConnectedTo → North Sea ⓘ

Pennine waterways → connects → North Sea ⓘ

North Esk River → mouthOfWaterBody → North Sea ⓘ

North Esk River → flowsInto → North Sea ⓘ

Forfarshire → bordersBodyOfWater → North Sea ⓘ