Northwest Pacific Ocean

E619994

marine ecoregion ocean region

The Northwest Pacific Ocean is the northwestern portion of the Pacific, encompassing the seas and coastal waters off East Asia and the Russian Far East, and serving as a major region for global climate, fisheries, and maritime trade.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
northwest Pacific Ocean	10
Northwest Pacific Ocean canonical	7
Northwest Pacific	1
Pacific Ocean (via Ise Bay)	1
Western North Pacific	1
western North Pacific Ocean	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	marine ecoregion ⓘ ocean region ⓘ
borders	China NERFINISHED ⓘ East Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Korean Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Far East NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Far East coast ⓘ
hasBiodiversity	high marine species richness ⓘ important migratory routes for marine mammals ⓘ important seabird habitats ⓘ
hasClimateRole	important region for carbon uptake ⓘ important region for heat transport ⓘ major region for global climate regulation ⓘ
hasEconomicImportance	commercial fisheries ⓘ offshore energy exploration ⓘ shipping and logistics ⓘ
hasOceanographicFeature	Kuroshio Current influence ⓘ productive upwelling zones ⓘ strong western boundary currents ⓘ subarctic gyre influence ⓘ
includes	Bering Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ East China Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippine Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Sea of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sea of Okhotsk NERFINISHED ⓘ Yellow Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ coastal waters off East Asia ⓘ coastal waters off Russian Far East ⓘ
influences	East Asian monsoon ⓘ North Pacific climate variability ⓘ regional typhoon activity ⓘ
isAffectedBy	climate change ⓘ marine pollution ⓘ ocean acidification ⓘ ocean warming ⓘ overfishing ⓘ plastic debris ⓘ
isMajorRegionFor	global fisheries ⓘ maritime trade ⓘ pelagic fisheries ⓘ shipping routes between Asia and North America ⓘ
locatedIn	Northern Hemisphere ⓘ Western Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
usedFor	international shipping lanes ⓘ naval operations ⓘ scientific oceanographic research ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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

Sōya Strait → locatedIn → Northwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Ekarma Volcano → locatedIn → Northwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: northwest Pacific Ocean

East Sakhalin Current → locatedIn → Northwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Bogoslov Island Volcano → locatedIn → Northwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: northwest Pacific Ocean

Friza Strait → locatedIn → Northwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: northwest Pacific Ocean

Grozny Group Volcano → locatedIn → Northwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: northwest Pacific Ocean

Zavaritsky Caldera → locatedIn → Northwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: northwest Pacific Ocean

Smirnov Volcano → locatedIn → Northwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: northwest Pacific Ocean

Tiatia Volcano → locatedIn → Northwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: northwest Pacific Ocean

Makanrushi Strait → locatedIn → Northwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: northwest Pacific Ocean

Asian monsoon system → affectsRegion → Northwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western North Pacific

Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea → operatesIn → Northwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Kumano-nada Sea → partOf → Northwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Sebastolobidae → distribution → Northwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

East Philippine Basin → isSubregionOf → Northwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: western North Pacific Ocean

Soviet Pacific Fleet → strategicFocus → Northwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Pacific

Ise City → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Northwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean (via Ise Bay)

North Korea Exclusive Economic Zone → seaArea → Northwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Jiaolong submersible → notableDiveLocation → Northwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Jiaolong

this entity surface form: northwest Pacific Ocean

Zalophus → nativeTo → Northwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Zalophus japonicus

this entity surface form: northwest Pacific Ocean

Euphausia pacifica → distribution → Northwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ