Soya Strait

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Soya Strait is a narrow sea passage between Japan’s Hokkaido and Russia’s Sakhalin Island that connects the Sea of Japan with the Sea of Okhotsk.

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Soya Strait canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf sea passage ⓘ
strait ⓘ
borderingCape Cape Crillon ⓘ
Cape Sōya ⓘ
borderingCity Wakkanai ⓘ
borderingRegion Hokkaido Prefecture ⓘ
linked to: Hokkaido

Sakhalin Oblast ⓘ
connectsBodyOfWater Sea of Japan ⓘ
Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
countryOnShore Japan ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
hasAlternativeName La Pérouse Strait ⓘ
Strait of La Pérouse ⓘ
linked to: La Pérouse Strait
hasHistoricalUse naval operations ⓘ
trade route between Japanese and Russian territories ⓘ
hasIceCoverInWinter true ⓘ
hasMaximumDepth approximately 118 meters ⓘ
hasMinimumWidth approximately 43 kilometers ⓘ
hasNavigationHazard sea ice ⓘ
strong currents ⓘ
hasStrongCurrent true ⓘ
hasSurfaceWaterTemperatureVariation seasonal ⓘ
isNorthernmostMajorStraitOf Japan ⓘ
locatedBetween Hokkaido and Sakhalin Island ⓘ
locatedIn East Asia ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Hokkaido ⓘ
locatedSouthOf Sakhalin Island ⓘ
namedAfter Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse ⓘ
nearbyPort Port of Wakkanai ⓘ
partOf Pacific Ocean basin ⓘ
boundary between Japan and Russia ⓘ
separates Hokkaido ⓘ
Sakhalin Island ⓘ
strategicImportance maritime route between Sea of Japan and Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
subjectTo fog ⓘ
strong winds ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
international shipping ⓘ
maritime transport between Japan and Russia ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

Soya Current → locatedIn → Soya Strait ⓘ
Soya Current → flowsThrough → Soya Strait ⓘ
Wakkanai Airport → locatedNear → Soya Strait ⓘ
宗谷海峡 → hasEnglishName → Soya Strait ⓘ