Sulu Sea

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marginal sea sea

The Sulu Sea is a marginal sea in the western Pacific Ocean, located between the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia, known for its rich marine biodiversity and important shipping routes.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Sulu Sea region 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf marginal sea ⓘ
sea ⓘ
basinCountry Indonesia ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
borderedBy Borneo ⓘ
Mindanao ⓘ
Palawan ⓘ
Sulu Archipelago ⓘ
connectedTo Celebes Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
South China Sea ⓘ
Sulawesi Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryBorder Indonesia ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
hasArchipelago Sulu Archipelago ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasEcosystem coral reef ecosystem ⓘ
pelagic ecosystem ⓘ
hasFeature deep basin ⓘ
hasIsland Babuyan Islands ⓘ
surface form: Cagayan Islands

Cagayan de Tawi-Tawi Island ⓘ
Cuyo Islands ⓘ
Palawan ⓘ
Tubbataha Reef ⓘ
hasMarineProtectedArea Tubbataha Reef ⓘ
surface form: Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park
hasMaximumDepth more than 4,000 metres ⓘ
knownFor coral reefs ⓘ
diving sites ⓘ
important shipping routes ⓘ
rich marine biodiversity ⓘ
locatedBetween Indonesia ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
locatedIn western Pacific Ocean ⓘ
oceanographicRegion western Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form: Western Pacific
partOf East Indies ⓘ
surface form: East Indies seas

Pacific Ocean ⓘ
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
separatedFrom Celebes Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
South China Sea ⓘ
separatedFromBy Mindanao ⓘ
Palawan ⓘ
surface form: Palawan Island

Sulu Archipelago ⓘ
threatenedBy climate change ⓘ
marine pollution ⓘ
overfishing ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Sabah → borderedBy → Sulu Sea ⓘ
Malaysia → borderedBySea → Sulu Sea ⓘ
Celebes Sea → connectedTo → Sulu Sea ⓘ
South China Sea → connectedTo → Sulu Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sulu Sea region
Philippine Navy → operatesIn → Sulu Sea ⓘ
Mindanao → seaBorder → Sulu Sea ⓘ