Solomon Sea

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marginal sea sea

The Solomon Sea is a marginal sea of the southwestern Pacific Ocean located between Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, known for its deep basins and significant role in World War II naval battles.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Solomon Sea canonical	42
Solomon Sea region	3
Coral Sea	2
Solomon Islands archipelago waters	1
Solomon Sea Throughflow	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	marginal sea ⓘ sea ⓘ
bordersCountry	Papua New Guinea ⓘ Solomon Islands ⓘ
connectedTo	Bismarck Sea ⓘ Coral Sea ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ
hasClimate	tropical ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn	eastern Papua New Guinea ⓘ western Solomon Islands ⓘ
hasCurrent	Solomon Sea self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Solomon Sea Throughflow part of the low-latitude western boundary currents of the Pacific ⓘ
hasEcologicalCharacteristic	coral reef habitats in coastal areas ⓘ tropical marine ecosystem ⓘ
hasFeature	deep basins ⓘ
hasHazard	tropical cyclones ⓘ
hasIslandGroup	D'Entrecasteaux Islands ⓘ Louisiade Archipelago ⓘ Trobriand Islands ⓘ
hasJurisdictionalWatersOf	Papua New Guinea ⓘ Solomon Islands ⓘ
hasMaritimeRoute	shipping routes between Australia and the western Pacific islands ⓘ
hasMaximumDepth	greater than 7000 meters ⓘ
hasNameOrigin	named after the nearby Solomon Islands ⓘ
hasNavigationCondition	seasonally rough seas ⓘ
hasOceanographicImportance	pathway for warm waters entering the equatorial Pacific ⓘ region of strong mesoscale eddies ⓘ
hasTectonicSetting	located near plate boundaries ⓘ
influences	regional climate of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands ⓘ water mass exchange between equatorial and subtropical Pacific ⓘ
isEastOf	Papua New Guinea ⓘ
isNorthOf	Coral Sea ⓘ
isSouthOf	Bismarck Sea ⓘ
isSubjectOfStudyIn	climate science ⓘ military history ⓘ oceanography ⓘ
isWestOf	Solomon Islands ⓘ
locatedBetween	Papua New Guinea ⓘ Solomon Islands ⓘ
locatedInRegion	southwestern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf	Pacific Ocean ⓘ southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: Southwest Pacific Ocean
usedFor	fishing ⓘ regional shipping ⓘ
wasSiteOf	Battle of the Bismarck Sea ⓘ World War II naval battles ⓘ
wasStrategicallyImportantIn	World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (49)

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

Guadalcanal → sea → Solomon Sea ⓘ

Honiara → locatedOnSea → Solomon Sea ⓘ

Ironbottom Sound → partOf → Solomon Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Solomon Islands archipelago waters

Coral Sea → locatedSouthOf → Solomon Sea ⓘ

Papua New Guinea → borderedBy → Solomon Sea ⓘ

Melanesia → hasSea → Solomon Sea ⓘ

New Guinea campaign → location → Solomon Sea ⓘ

Southeastern Solomon Islands → borderedBy → Solomon Sea ⓘ

Solomon Islands → borderedBy → Solomon Sea ⓘ

New Guinea → borderedBy → Solomon Sea ⓘ

Solomon Sea → hasCurrent → Solomon Sea self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Solomon Sea Throughflow

Gela Island → locatedInBodyOfWater → Solomon Sea ⓘ

Bougainville Island → surroundedBy → Solomon Sea ⓘ

western Pacific Ocean → contains → Solomon Sea ⓘ

Makira → locatedInBodyOfWater → Solomon Sea ⓘ

New Ireland → locatedIn → Solomon Sea ⓘ

Port Moresby → isPortCityOn → Solomon Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coral Sea

New Georgia Islands → hasSea → Solomon Sea ⓘ

Dobu people → sea → Solomon Sea ⓘ

Bismarck Sea → connectedTo → Solomon Sea ⓘ

Choiseul region → hasCoastlineOn → Solomon Sea ⓘ

subject surface form: Choiseul Region

Nggela people → oceanEnvironment → Solomon Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coral Sea

Autonomous Region of Bougainville → borderingWaterBody → Solomon Sea ⓘ

Makira-Ulawa Province → hasCoastlineOn → Solomon Sea ⓘ

Mbanika → sea → Solomon Sea ⓘ

Yandina Airport → locatedInBodyOfWater → Solomon Sea ⓘ

New Britain Trench → underlies → Solomon Sea ⓘ

D'Entrecasteaux Islands → separates → Solomon Sea ⓘ

Louisiade Archipelago → locatedIn → Solomon Sea ⓘ

Sealark Channel → partOf → Solomon Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Solomon Sea region

Choiseul Province → hasCoastlineOn → Solomon Sea ⓘ

East New Britain Province → hasCoastlineOn → Solomon Sea ⓘ

West New Britain Province → hasCoastlineOn → Solomon Sea ⓘ

Islands Region of Papua New Guinea → borders → Solomon Sea ⓘ

Saint George’s Channel → connectsBodyOfWater → Solomon Sea ⓘ

Saint George’s Channel → locatedIn → Solomon Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Solomon Sea region

Battle of Empress Augusta Bay → navalTheater → Solomon Sea ⓘ

Western Province → locatedOn → Solomon Sea ⓘ

Territory of Papua → borderedBy → Solomon Sea ⓘ

Rendova → hasCoastlineOn → Solomon Sea ⓘ

Blackett Strait → locatedInBodyOfWater → Solomon Sea ⓘ

Shigure → theaterOfOperations → Solomon Sea ⓘ

Kula Gulf → partOf → Solomon Sea ⓘ

Isabel Island → hasSurroundingWaterBody → Solomon Sea ⓘ

Bougainville Strait → connects → Solomon Sea ⓘ

Bougainville Strait → links → Solomon Sea ⓘ

Sirokakara → locatedInBodyOfWaterRegion → Solomon Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Solomon Sea region

Buka Island → locatedIn → Solomon Sea ⓘ

Buka Island → hasNearbyWaterBody → Solomon Sea ⓘ