Gulf of Tonkin

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arm of the South China Sea body of water gulf

The Gulf of Tonkin is a shallow arm of the South China Sea off the coasts of northern Vietnam and southern China, historically known as a key maritime region and the site of the 1964 naval incidents that escalated U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf arm of the South China Sea ⓘ
body of water ⓘ
gulf ⓘ
approximateArea about 126000 square kilometers ⓘ
bordersCountry China ⓘ
Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
bordersRegion northern Vietnam ⓘ
southern China ⓘ
bordersSea South China Sea ⓘ
surface form: Beibu Gulf
characteristic semi-enclosed sea ⓘ
shallow ⓘ
connectedTo South China Sea ⓘ
drainedByRiver Ca River ⓘ
Ma River ⓘ
Red River ⓘ
etymology name derived from the historic city of Tonkin (Đông Kinh), former name for Hanoi region ⓘ
eventLocation 1964 naval incidents between the United States and North Vietnam ⓘ
Gulf of Tonkin incident ⓘ
USS Maddox engagement ⓘ
USS Turner Joy engagement ⓘ
experiences typhoons ⓘ
hasClimate tropical monsoon ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance Gulf of Tonkin Resolution ⓘ
Gulf of Tonkin incident ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
hasMajorIsland Hainan ⓘ
surface form: Hainan Island (nearby to the east)
hasMajorPort Hai Phong ⓘ
surface form: Haiphong
hasResource fishery resources ⓘ
offshore oil and gas potential ⓘ
influenced escalation of U.S. military involvement in Vietnam ⓘ
involvedConflict Vietnam War ⓘ
involvedCountry Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: North Vietnam

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
locatedIn South China Sea ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
western Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form: Western Pacific Ocean
nameInChinese Beibu Wan ⓘ
nameInVietnamese Vịnh Bắc Bộ ⓘ
nearCity Beihai ⓘ
Hai Phong ⓘ
surface form: Haiphong

Hanoi ⓘ
partOf South China Sea ⓘ
subjectOf territorial disputes between China and Vietnam ⓘ
triggered Gulf of Tonkin Resolution ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
naval operations ⓘ
shipping ⓘ

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

Viet Nam → borderBodyOfWater → Gulf of Tonkin ⓘ
subject surface form: Vietnam
Hainan → borderedByWaterBody → Gulf of Tonkin ⓘ
Nam Dinh Province → borders → Gulf of Tonkin ⓘ
Red River → emptiesInto → Gulf of Tonkin ⓘ
subject surface form: Red River (Vietnam)
Hai Phong → hasCoastlineOn → Gulf of Tonkin ⓘ
Nam Dinh Province → hasCoastlineOn → Gulf of Tonkin ⓘ
Gulf of Tonkin incident → hasLocation → Gulf of Tonkin ⓘ
Hai Phong → locatedOn → Gulf of Tonkin ⓘ
Tonkin → locatedOn → Gulf of Tonkin ⓘ
Beihai → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Gulf of Tonkin ⓘ
Red River → mouthLocatedIn → Gulf of Tonkin ⓘ
subject surface form: Red River (Vietnam)