western Pacific Ocean

E34045

region of the Pacific Ocean

The western Pacific Ocean is the portion of the Pacific bordering East and Southeast Asia and Oceania, known for its deep ocean trenches, numerous island chains, and significant tectonic and climatic activity.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
western Pacific Ocean canonical	156
Western Pacific Ocean	95
Western Pacific	51
northwest Pacific Ocean	8
Northwest Pacific Ocean	7
Northwest Pacific	3
western North Pacific Ocean	3
Western Pacific Ocean region	2
western Pacific	2
Pacific Ocean (western part)	1
Pacific Ocean near Japan	1
Western Pacific marginal seas	1
northwestern Pacific Ocean	1
western Pacific theater	1

Statements (81)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	region of the Pacific Ocean ⓘ
adjacentTo	Senkaku Islands ⓘ surface form: East China Sea dispute areas Paracel Islands ⓘ Senkaku Islands ⓘ South China Sea ⓘ surface form: South China Sea dispute areas Spratly Islands ⓘ
borders	Australia ⓘ China ⓘ East Asia ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ Japan ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Oceania ⓘ Papua New Guinea ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Vietnam
contains	Arafura Sea ⓘ Bismarck Archipelago ⓘ Bismarck Sea ⓘ Caroline Islands ⓘ Celebes Sea ⓘ Coral Sea ⓘ East China Sea ⓘ Izu–Ogasawara Trench ⓘ surface form: Izu–Bonin Trench Japan Trench ⓘ Kermadec Trench ⓘ Mariana Islands ⓘ Mariana Trench ⓘ Melanesia ⓘ Micronesia ⓘ New Britain Trench ⓘ New Guinea ⓘ Philippine Sea ⓘ Philippine Trench ⓘ Philippine Archipelago ⓘ surface form: Philippine archipelago Ryukyu Trench ⓘ Sea of Japan ⓘ Solomon Islands ⓘ Solomon Sea ⓘ South China Sea ⓘ Sulu Sea ⓘ Timor Sea ⓘ Tonga Trench ⓘ parts of Polynesia ⓘ
hasClimate	subtropical ⓘ temperate in northern margins ⓘ tropical ⓘ
hasCurrent	East Australian Current ⓘ Equatorial Countercurrent ⓘ Kuroshio Current ⓘ Mindanao Current ⓘ New Guinea Coastal Undercurrent ⓘ North Equatorial Current (regional) ⓘ surface form: North Equatorial Current South Equatorial Current ⓘ
hasFeature	back-arc basins ⓘ coral reef systems ⓘ deep ocean trenches ⓘ high marine biodiversity ⓘ numerous island arcs ⓘ subduction zones ⓘ warm surface waters ⓘ
hasProperty	frequent volcanic activity ⓘ high seismic activity ⓘ high tectonic activity ⓘ
hasRole	important for global carbon cycle ⓘ key region for ocean–atmosphere heat exchange ⓘ major region for tropical cyclone development ⓘ
influences	Asian monsoon ⓘ El Niño–Southern Oscillation ⓘ global climate system ⓘ tropical cyclone formation in the western North Pacific ⓘ
locatedIn	Northern Hemisphere ⓘ Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
partOf	Pacific Ocean ⓘ Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ
richIn	coral reef biodiversity ⓘ tuna stocks ⓘ
usedFor	fisheries ⓘ international shipping routes ⓘ offshore hydrocarbon extraction ⓘ

Referenced by (332)

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

GU → geographicRegion → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Ryukyu Islands → locatedIn → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: northwestern Pacific Ocean

Eastern Hemisphere → includesOcean → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean (western part)

Chamorro Language Commission (Northern Mariana Islands) → locatedIn → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Pacific Ocean

South West Pacific Area → appliesToJurisdiction → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Federated States of Micronesia → locatedIn → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Philippine Sea → locatedIn → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Philippine Sea → partOf → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Pacific theater

Sirena Deep → locatedIn → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Palau → locatedIn → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Mariana volcanic arc → locatedIn → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

South China Sea → partOf → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Pacific Ocean

United States Marine Corps Forces, Pacific → regionPresence → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Pacific

III Marine Expeditionary Force → areaOfResponsibility → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Pacific

Tsushima Current → region → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Pacific

Challenger Deep → locatedIn → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Liman Current → locatedIn → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Pacific Ocean

Philippine Sea Plate → locatedIn → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Mariana Trench Marine National Monument → locatedIn → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Micronesia → locatedIn → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

North Equatorial Current (regional) → locatedIn → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Higashi Shina Kai → locatedInRegion → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Pacific Ocean

Carolinian → region → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Pacific Ocean

Luzon → locatedIn → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Pacific Ocean

Visayas → locatedIn → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Pacific Ocean

Sea of Okhotsk → partOf → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Mindanao → locatedIn → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Pacific Ocean

Celebes Sea → partOf → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Iwo Jima → locatedIn → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Japan Current → locatedIn → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: western North Pacific Ocean

Japan Trench → oceanBasin → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Pacific Ocean

Mariana Island Arc → locatedIn → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Yellow Sea → partOf → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Pacific Ocean

Kaga-class aircraft carrier → designedForEnvironment → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Pacific

Taiwan Strait → locatedIn → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Pacific Ocean

Volcano Islands → locatedIn → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages → region → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Palauan language group (Micronesia) → region → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport → regionServed → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Pacific

Carolinean languages → traditionalRegion → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Luzon Strait → locatedIn → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Pacific Ocean

Pescadores Islands → locatedIn → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Formosa → partOf → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Pacific

Bali Sea → partOf → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Government of the Northern Mariana Islands → locatedIn → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Seventh Fleet → operatesIn → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Seventh Fleet

this entity surface form: Western Pacific Ocean

Tinian → locatedIn → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

southwest Pacific Ocean → locatedInTheRegion → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Pacific

Gulf of Tonkin → locatedIn → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Pacific Ocean

Second Fleet → operationalArea → western Pacific Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Second Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)

this entity surface form: Western Pacific Ocean