White Sea
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The White Sea is a southern inlet of the Barents Sea in the northwest of Russia, known as an important Arctic marginal sea with major ports like Arkhangelsk and connections to Russia’s inland waterways.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| White Sea canonical | 82 |
| White Sea basin | 5 |
| Pechora Sea | 3 |
| Белое море | 2 |
| The White Sea | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arctic sea
ⓘ
inlet ⓘ marginal sea ⓘ |
| averageDepth | approximately 60 metres ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Russia ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Arctic region
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Arctic
|
| climate | subarctic ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Baltic Sea
ⓘ
Caspian Sea ⓘ Kem River ⓘ Mezen River ⓘ Northern Dvina River ⓘ Onega River ⓘ Sea of Azov ⓘ Volga–Baltic Waterway ⓘ White Sea–Baltic Canal ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| freezingPeriod | typically from October or November to May ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Dvina Bay
ⓘ
Kandalaksha ⓘ
surface form:
Kandalaksha Gulf
Mezen Bay ⓘ Onega Bay ⓘ |
| hasPort |
Arkhangelsk
ⓘ
White Sea Karelia ⓘ
surface form:
Belomorsk
Kandalaksha ⓘ Severodvinsk ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
important port for trade with Western Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries
ⓘ
one of Russia’s earliest maritime trade routes ⓘ |
| iceCoverage | largely covered by ice in winter ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arctic Ocean
ⓘ
surface form:
Arctic Ocean basin
northwest Russia ⓘ |
| locatedOnCoastOf |
Arkhangelsk Oblast
ⓘ
Karelia ⓘ Murmansk Oblast ⓘ |
| majorCityOnCoast |
Arkhangelsk
ⓘ
Severodvinsk ⓘ |
| maximumDepth | approximately 340 metres ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | English ⓘ |
| nativeName |
White Sea
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Белое море
|
| nativeNameLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| partOf | Barents Sea ⓘ |
| salinity | about 24 to 26 PSU ⓘ |
| seaArea | approximately 90000 square kilometres ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fishing
ⓘ
maritime transport ⓘ naval operations ⓘ timber export ⓘ |
Referenced by (93)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pechora Sea
this entity surface form:
Белое море
this entity surface form:
Белое море
this entity surface form:
Pechora Sea
subject surface form:
Republic of Karelia
subject surface form:
Arkhangelsk
subject surface form:
Arkhangelsk
this entity surface form:
Pechora Sea