Northern Pacific Ocean

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oceanic region part of the Pacific Ocean

The Northern Pacific Ocean is the northernmost part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing vast subarctic and temperate waters that include marginal seas such as the Bering Sea and support rich marine ecosystems and major shipping routes.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
North Pacific Ocean	34
North Pacific	10
North Pacific Ocean basin	2
North Pacific region	2
Northwestern Pacific Ocean	2
North Pacific shipping routes	1
Temperate Northern Pacific	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	oceanic region ⓘ part of the Pacific Ocean ⓘ
affectedBy	El Niño–Southern Oscillation ⓘ Pacific Decadal Oscillation ⓘ
borders	Arctic region ⓘ Asia ⓘ North America ⓘ
connectedTo	Arctic Ocean ⓘ
connectedVia	Bering Strait ⓘ
containsMajorShippingRoute	trans-Pacific shipping lanes between Asia and North America ⓘ
hasClimate	subarctic climate ⓘ temperate maritime climate ⓘ
hasCurrent	Alaska Current ⓘ California Current ⓘ Kuroshio Current ⓘ North Pacific Current ⓘ Oyashio Current ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	commercial fishing ⓘ offshore oil and gas exploration ⓘ shipping ⓘ
hasFeature	Aleutian Arc ⓘ surface form: Aleutian Islands arc Aleutian Trench ⓘ Emperor Seamounts ⓘ Kuril Trench ⓘ surface form: Kuril–Kamchatka Trench
hasGyre	North Pacific Gyre ⓘ
hasProcess	intense winter storms ⓘ strong ocean mixing ⓘ
hasWaters	subarctic waters ⓘ temperate waters ⓘ
includesMarginalSea	Bering Sea ⓘ Chukchi Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Bering Strait region Gulf of Alaska ⓘ Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
influences	climate of East Asia ⓘ climate of North America ⓘ
locatedIn	Northern Hemisphere ⓘ Pacific Ocean drainage basin ⓘ surface form: Pacific Ocean basin
partOf	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
subjectTo	climate change impacts ⓘ marine pollution ⓘ overfishing ⓘ
supportsEcosystem	rich marine ecosystems ⓘ
supportsSpecies	Pacific cod ⓘ Pacific salmon ⓘ herring ⓘ seabirds ⓘ seals ⓘ walleye pollock ⓘ whales ⓘ

Referenced by (57)

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

Pacific Decadal Oscillation → affectsRegion → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean Areas → appliesToJurisdiction → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific

United States Third Fleet → areaOfResponsibility → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Ocean Prediction Center → areaServed → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean

Central Pacific Ocean → borders → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean

North Asia → borders → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean

Sheetʼká → coastalLocation → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific

Third voyage of James Cook → destination → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean

HMS Discovery → exploredRegion → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific

HMS Resolution → exploredRegion → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific

Rurik → exploredRegion → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Rurik (ship)

this entity surface form: North Pacific

Fifth Fleet → geographicFocus → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Fifth Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean

North Pacific Fishery Management Council → jurisdiction → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean

Agrihan → locatedIn → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean

Aleutian Islands → locatedIn → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean

Aleutian Trench → locatedIn → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean

Amami Islands → locatedIn → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwestern Pacific Ocean

Bering Sea → locatedIn → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Bowers Ridge → locatedIn → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean

Bristol Bay → locatedIn → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean basin

District of Alaska → locatedIn → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific region

Fox Islands → locatedIn → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean

Japanese archipelago → locatedIn → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean

Japanese archipelago → locatedIn → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwestern Pacific Ocean

La Pérouse Strait → locatedIn → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean

Near Islands → locatedIn → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean

North Pacific Current → locatedIn → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean

Pacific Decadal Oscillation → locatedIn → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean

Pribilof Islands → locatedIn → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean

Sea of Okhotsk → locatedIn → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean

Likiep Atoll → locatedInRegion → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Dutch Harbor, Alaska → locatedNear → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean

Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands → location → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean

Channel Islands of California → marineEcoregion → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Temperate Northern Pacific

Chinook salmon → nativeTo → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean

Pacific lamprey → nativeTo → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean

Steller sea lion → nativeTo → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean

Unangas → nativeTo → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific region

Fox Islands → ocean → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean

Explorer Ridge → oceanBasin → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean

Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain → oceanBasin → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean

Aleutian Basin → oceanRegion → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific

Zhemchug Canyon → oceanRegion → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific

RV Petrel expedition team → operatesIn → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean

Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii Island → partOf → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Kealakekua Bay

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean

Norton Sound → partOf → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean basin

Maritime Forces Pacific → primaryTheatre → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean

AMHS → region → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Alaska Marine Highway System

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean

Unangas → region → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean