Pechora Sea

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The Pechora Sea is a shallow marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean located off the northwest coast of Russia, known for its harsh climate, seasonal ice cover, and significant oil and gas reserves.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pechora Sea canonical 9
Pechora Sea region of the Kara Sea 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf marginal sea ⓘ
sea of the Arctic Ocean ⓘ
basinCountry Russia ⓘ
borderedBy Arkhangelsk Oblast ⓘ
Komi Republic ⓘ
linked to: Republic of Komi

Nenets Autonomous Okrug ⓘ
connectedTo Barents Sea ⓘ
governedBy Russian federal legislation ⓘ
hasArea about 81,000 square kilometers ⓘ
hasAverageDepth about 6 meters ⓘ
hasBiodiversity Arctic fish species ⓘ
marine mammals ⓘ
seabirds ⓘ
hasCharacteristic harsh climate ⓘ
seasonal ice cover ⓘ
shallow ⓘ
hasClimate polar ⓘ
hasCoastlineType deltaic coasts ⓘ
low-lying tundra coasts ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity commercial fishing ⓘ
offshore gas exploration ⓘ
offshore oil exploration ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalConcern climate change impacts ⓘ
habitat disturbance from offshore development ⓘ
risk of oil spills ⓘ
hasIceCover most of the year ⓘ
hasIceFreePeriod short summer season ⓘ
hasMaximumDepth about 210 meters ⓘ
hasMouthOf Pechora River ⓘ
hasNaturalResource fisheries ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ
oil ⓘ
hasPort Indiga ⓘ
Naryan-Mar ⓘ
hasSalinity lower than open Arctic Ocean ⓘ
hasSedimentSource Pechora River discharge ⓘ
isPartOf Pechora Sea oil and gas province ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic Ocean ⓘ
locatedInCountry Russia ⓘ
locatedInRegion European Arctic ⓘ
linked to: Arctic region

Russian Arctic ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf northwest Russia ⓘ
namedAfter Pechora River ⓘ
partOf Arctic Ocean ⓘ
Barents Sea shelf region ⓘ
linked to: Barents Sea
subjectTo extreme weather conditions ⓘ
sea ice drift ⓘ
storm surges ⓘ
timeZone UTC+3 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Pechora River → dischargeLocation → Pechora Sea ⓘ
Pechora River → deltaLocation → Pechora Sea ⓘ
Vaigach Island → locatedBetween → Pechora Sea ⓘ
Yugorskiy Shar → connects → Pechora Sea ⓘ
Yugorskiy Shar → adjacentTo → Pechora Sea ⓘ
Vaygach Island → locatedBetween → Pechora Sea ⓘ
Vaygach Island → separatedFrom → Pechora Sea ⓘ
Vaygach Island → hasNearbyWaterBody → Pechora Sea ⓘ
Baydaratskaya Bay → locatedOnCoastOf → Pechora Sea region of the Kara Sea ⓘ
linked to: Pechora Sea
Pechora River delta → emptiesInto → Pechora Sea ⓘ