Sakhalin shelf
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The Sakhalin shelf is an offshore hydrocarbon-rich area surrounding Russia’s Sakhalin Island, known for major oil and gas exploration and production projects in the Sea of Okhotsk.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sakhalin Basin | 2 |
| Sakhalin shelf canonical | 2 |
| Sakhalin sedimentary basin | 1 |
| Sea of Okhotsk continental shelf | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19609216 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sakhalin shelf Context triple: [Sakhalin-I, licenseArea, Sakhalin shelf]
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A.
Okhotsk Plate
The Okhotsk Plate is a minor tectonic plate in the northwest Pacific region, underlying parts of northeastern Asia including the Sea of Okhotsk and adjacent areas of Japan and Russia.
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B.
Siberian continental shelf
The Siberian continental shelf is an extensive, shallow underwater extension of the Siberian landmass in the Arctic Ocean, notable as one of the largest continental shelves in the world.
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C.
Sea of Okhotsk
The Sea of Okhotsk is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean bordered by Russia and Japan, known for its rich fisheries, seasonal sea ice, and harsh subarctic climate.
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D.
Laptev Sea
The Laptev Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean off the northern coast of Siberia, known for its extensive sea ice and role as a major source of Arctic sea ice formation.
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E.
Okhotsk
Okhotsk is a remote coastal settlement in Russia’s Far East on the Sea of Okhotsk, historically significant as an early Russian Pacific port and gateway to Siberian exploration.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sakhalin shelf Target entity description: The Sakhalin shelf is an offshore hydrocarbon-rich area surrounding Russia’s Sakhalin Island, known for major oil and gas exploration and production projects in the Sea of Okhotsk.
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A.
Okhotsk Plate
The Okhotsk Plate is a minor tectonic plate in the northwest Pacific region, underlying parts of northeastern Asia including the Sea of Okhotsk and adjacent areas of Japan and Russia.
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B.
Siberian continental shelf
The Siberian continental shelf is an extensive, shallow underwater extension of the Siberian landmass in the Arctic Ocean, notable as one of the largest continental shelves in the world.
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C.
Sea of Okhotsk
The Sea of Okhotsk is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean bordered by Russia and Japan, known for its rich fisheries, seasonal sea ice, and harsh subarctic climate.
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D.
Laptev Sea
The Laptev Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean off the northern coast of Siberia, known for its extensive sea ice and role as a major source of Arctic sea ice formation.
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E.
Okhotsk
Okhotsk is a remote coastal settlement in Russia’s Far East on the Sea of Okhotsk, historically significant as an early Russian Pacific port and gateway to Siberian exploration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Sakhalin shelf