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

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.

Faculty of Fisheries Sciences → regionServed → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
subject surface form: Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University
this entity surface form: North Pacific
this entity surface form: North Pacific
Kuril Islands → separates → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean
Aleutian Islands → strategicImportance → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Pacific shipping routes
Operation Cottage → theater → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Pacific
United States Third Fleet → theaterOfOperations → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Unangan → traditionalRegion → Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean