East Siberian Sea
E19658
The East Siberian Sea is a remote, shallow marginal sea off the northern coast of Siberia, lying between the Laptev and Chukchi Seas in the Arctic Ocean and remaining ice-covered for much of the year.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| East Siberian Sea canonical | 52 |
| East Siberian Sea shelf | 2 |
| East Siberian Sea (to the north and west of Kotelny Island overall) | 1 |
| East Siberian Sea sector of the Arctic Ocean | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T45293 — 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: East Siberian Sea Context triple: [Arctic Ocean, hasPart, East Siberian Sea]
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A.
Chukchi Sea
The Chukchi Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean located between Alaska and Siberia, known for its icy waters, rich marine life, and strategic importance for Arctic shipping routes.
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B.
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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C.
Bering Sea
The Bering Sea is a marginal sea of the northern Pacific Ocean located between Alaska and Russia, known for its rich marine ecosystems, major fisheries, and historically significant shipping and exploration routes.
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D.
Beaufort Sea
The Beaufort Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean off the northern coasts of Alaska and Canada, known for its sea ice, harsh climate, and significant oil and gas reserves.
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E.
Sea of Japan
The Sea of Japan is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean located between the Japanese archipelago, the Korean Peninsula, and Russia, known for its rich fisheries and strategic shipping routes.
- 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: East Siberian Sea Target entity description: The East Siberian Sea is a remote, shallow marginal sea off the northern coast of Siberia, lying between the Laptev and Chukchi Seas in the Arctic Ocean and remaining ice-covered for much of the year.
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A.
Chukchi Sea
The Chukchi Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean located between Alaska and Siberia, known for its icy waters, rich marine life, and strategic importance for Arctic shipping routes.
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B.
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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C.
Bering Sea
The Bering Sea is a marginal sea of the northern Pacific Ocean located between Alaska and Russia, known for its rich marine ecosystems, major fisheries, and historically significant shipping and exploration routes.
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D.
Beaufort Sea
The Beaufort Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean off the northern coasts of Alaska and Canada, known for its sea ice, harsh climate, and significant oil and gas reserves.
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E.
Sea of Japan
The Sea of Japan is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean located between the Japanese archipelago, the Korean Peninsula, and Russia, known for its rich fisheries and strategic shipping routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arctic sea
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marginal sea ⓘ |
| area | 987000 km² ⓘ |
| averageDepth | 58 m ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Russia ⓘ |
| belongsToExclusiveEconomicZoneOf | Russia ⓘ |
| biome | Arctic marine ecosystem ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Chukchi Sea
ⓘ
Laptev Sea ⓘ Russian Arctic coast ⓘ
linked to:
Arctic region
Siberia ⓘ |
| climate | polar climate ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Chukchi Sea
ⓘ
Laptev Sea ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| hasCoastlineOn | Russia ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
extensive continental shelf
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low coastal relief ⓘ numerous shoals ⓘ submerged permafrost ⓘ |
| hasHazard |
extreme cold temperatures
ⓘ
sea ice navigation difficulties ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
climate change impacts
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methane emissions ⓘ subsea permafrost thaw ⓘ |
| iceCoverage | long-lasting seasonal sea ice ⓘ |
| knownFor |
extensive sea ice
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shallow continental shelf ⓘ |
| locatedBetween | Laptev Sea and Chukchi Sea ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arctic Ocean
ⓘ
Eastern Hemisphere ⓘ Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| locatedNorthOf |
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
ⓘ
Sakha Republic ⓘ Siberia ⓘ |
| maximumDepth | 915 m ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Siberia ⓘ |
| oceanRegion | Arctic Ocean ⓘ |
| partOf |
Arctic Ocean
ⓘ
Russian Arctic seas ⓘ
linked to:
Arctic region
|
| primaryLanguageOfCoastalState | Russian ⓘ |
| salinity | low to moderate ⓘ |
| seaIceType | first-year and multi-year ice ⓘ |
| seaSurfaceFrozen | most of the year ⓘ |
| summerCondition | partly ice-covered ⓘ |
| typicalDepthRange | less than 50 m over large areas ⓘ |
| waterType | salt water ⓘ |
| winterCondition | completely ice-covered ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: East Siberian Sea Description of subject: The East Siberian Sea is a remote, shallow marginal sea off the northern coast of Siberia, lying between the Laptev and Chukchi Seas in the Arctic Ocean and remaining ice-covered for much of the year.
Referenced by (56)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Kotelny Island (southern shores)
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nearbyFeature
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East Siberian Sea (to the north and west of Kotelny Island overall)
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linked to: East Siberian Sea
linked to: East Siberian Sea
linked to: East Siberian Sea
linked to: East Siberian Sea