Port of Wakkanai

E560858

seaport

The Port of Wakkanai is Japan’s northernmost seaport, serving as a key maritime gateway between Hokkaido and nearby Russian territories such as Sakhalin.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Port of Wakkanai canonical	2
Wakkanai Ferry Terminal	1
Wakkanai Port	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6021344 — 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: Port of Wakkanai
Context triple: [Wakkanai, hasPort, Port of Wakkanai]

A. Port of Niigata
The Port of Niigata is a major seaport on the Sea of Japan in north-central Honshu, serving as an important hub for international trade, ferry services, and regional industry in Japan.
B. Port of Otaru
The Port of Otaru is a major commercial and passenger seaport on Hokkaido’s Sea of Japan coast, historically serving as a key maritime gateway for trade and transport in northern Japan.
C. Izumiotsu Port
Izumiotsu Port is a commercial seaport in Izumiotsu, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, serving as a regional hub for maritime trade and logistics along Osaka Bay.
D. Nakatsu Port
Nakatsu Port is a regional seaport in Nakatsu, Ōita Prefecture, Japan, serving as a hub for local maritime transport and commerce along the Seto Inland Sea.
E. Port of Magadan
The Port of Magadan is a key seaport in Russia’s Far East that serves as the main maritime gateway for Magadan Oblast, handling cargo, fishing fleets, and regional supply shipments along the Sea of Okhotsk.
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: Port of Wakkanai
Target entity description: The Port of Wakkanai is Japan’s northernmost seaport, serving as a key maritime gateway between Hokkaido and nearby Russian territories such as Sakhalin.

A. Port of Niigata
The Port of Niigata is a major seaport on the Sea of Japan in north-central Honshu, serving as an important hub for international trade, ferry services, and regional industry in Japan.
B. Port of Otaru
The Port of Otaru is a major commercial and passenger seaport on Hokkaido’s Sea of Japan coast, historically serving as a key maritime gateway for trade and transport in northern Japan.
C. Izumiotsu Port
Izumiotsu Port is a commercial seaport in Izumiotsu, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, serving as a regional hub for maritime trade and logistics along Osaka Bay.
D. Nakatsu Port
Nakatsu Port is a regional seaport in Nakatsu, Ōita Prefecture, Japan, serving as a hub for local maritime transport and commerce along the Seto Inland Sea.
E. Port of Magadan
The Port of Magadan is a key seaport in Russia’s Far East that serves as the main maritime gateway for Magadan Oblast, handling cargo, fishing fleets, and regional supply shipments along the Sea of Okhotsk.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	seaport ⓘ
climate	cold temperate maritime climate ⓘ
connectsTo	Port of Korsakov ⓘ Rebun Island ⓘ Rishiri Island ⓘ Sakhalin Island ⓘ domestic coastal routes in Hokkaido ⓘ
coordinateLocation	45.415°N 141.673°E ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
customsStatus	international port of entry ⓘ
distinction	northernmost seaport in Japan ⓘ
function	cargo handling ⓘ ferry terminal for passenger services ⓘ fishing activities support ⓘ gateway between Hokkaido and Russian Far East ⓘ tourism gateway to Rishiri and Rebun ⓘ
hasPart	Wakkanai Ferry Terminal ⓘ linked to: Port of Wakkanai berths ⓘ breakwaters ⓘ commercial cargo facilities ⓘ customs facilities ⓘ fishing port facilities ⓘ immigration facilities ⓘ parking areas ⓘ passenger terminal ⓘ warehouse facilities ⓘ
languageUsed	Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn	Wakkanai, Hokkaido, Japan ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Hokkaido Prefecture ⓘ linked to: Hokkaido Wakkanai City ⓘ linked to: Wakkanai
locatedOnBodyOfWater	Sea of Japan ⓘ Soya Strait ⓘ
nearbyCity	Wakkanai ⓘ
nearbyLandmark	Cape Soya ⓘ linked to: Cape Sōya Wakkanai Station NERFINISHED ⓘ
operator	Wakkanai City (port management authority) ⓘ linked to: Wakkanai City Hall
regulatoryAuthority	Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan ⓘ linked to: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
strategicImportance	gateway to Russian territories such as Sakhalin ⓘ key node for Japan–Russia regional exchange ⓘ
subjectTo	sea ice and severe winter weather conditions ⓘ
transportConnection	Wakkanai Station NERFINISHED ⓘ road network of northern Hokkaido ⓘ
usedFor	domestic maritime transport ⓘ ferry services to remote islands ⓘ international maritime transport ⓘ logistics and distribution in northern Hokkaido ⓘ supporting regional fishing industry ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Wakkanai → hasPort → Port of Wakkanai ⓘ

Port of Wakkanai → hasPart → Wakkanai Ferry Terminal ⓘ

linked to: Port of Wakkanai

Soya Strait → nearbyPort → Port of Wakkanai ⓘ

Sōya Subprefecture → transportHub → Wakkanai Port ⓘ