Tatar Strait
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The Tatar Strait is a narrow body of water in the Russian Far East that separates Sakhalin Island from the mainland and connects the Sea of Okhotsk with the Sea of Japan.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tatar Strait canonical | 13 |
| Tatar Strait basin | 1 |
| Татарский пролив | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T821420 — 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: Tatar Strait Context triple: [Amur River, emptiesInto, Tatar Strait]
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A.
Kerch Strait
The Kerch Strait is a narrow waterway connecting the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, strategically important as a maritime passage between Eastern Europe and the Caucasus.
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B.
Palk Strait
Palk Strait is a narrow stretch of sea between southeastern India and northern Sri Lanka, known for its shallow waters and significance as a maritime boundary.
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C.
Kara Sea
The Kara Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean off northern Siberia, known for its harsh ice conditions, shallow waters, and proximity to major Russian river outlets like the Ob and Yenisei.
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D.
Bering Strait
The Bering Strait is a narrow sea passage between Russia and Alaska that links the Arctic and Pacific Oceans and historically separated Asia from North America.
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E.
Nares Strait
Nares Strait is a narrow Arctic waterway between Greenland and Canada that links the Lincoln Sea to Baffin Bay and forms part of the Northwest Passage region.
- 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: Tatar Strait Target entity description: The Tatar Strait is a narrow body of water in the Russian Far East that separates Sakhalin Island from the mainland and connects the Sea of Okhotsk with the Sea of Japan.
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A.
Kerch Strait
The Kerch Strait is a narrow waterway connecting the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, strategically important as a maritime passage between Eastern Europe and the Caucasus.
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B.
Palk Strait
Palk Strait is a narrow stretch of sea between southeastern India and northern Sri Lanka, known for its shallow waters and significance as a maritime boundary.
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C.
Kara Sea
The Kara Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean off northern Siberia, known for its harsh ice conditions, shallow waters, and proximity to major Russian river outlets like the Ob and Yenisei.
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D.
Bering Strait
The Bering Strait is a narrow sea passage between Russia and Alaska that links the Arctic and Pacific Oceans and historically separated Asia from North America.
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E.
Nares Strait
Nares Strait is a narrow Arctic waterway between Greenland and Canada that links the Lincoln Sea to Baffin Bay and forms part of the Northwest Passage region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | strait ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Strait of Tartary
ⓘ
surface form:
Tartary Strait
|
| belongsTo | Russian territorial waters ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Asian mainland
ⓘ
Sakhalin Island ⓘ |
| climateZone | cold temperate ⓘ |
| connects |
Sea of Japan
ⓘ
Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| ecoregion |
Sea of Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Sea of Japan marine ecoregion
Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
surface form:
Sea of Okhotsk marine ecoregion
|
| freezesInWinter | yes ⓘ |
| hasCurrents | yes ⓘ |
| hasNavigationHazards |
fog
ⓘ
ice ⓘ strong currents ⓘ |
| hasSeasonalIceCover | yes ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym | Russian ⓘ |
| length | about 900 kilometers ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Far Eastern Federal District
ⓘ
Khabarovsk Krai ⓘ Russia Far East ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Far East
Sakhalin Oblast ⓘ |
| locatedNorthOf | La Pérouse Strait ⓘ |
| locatedSouthOf | Amur River estuary ⓘ |
| maximumDepth | about 1,500 meters ⓘ |
| maximumWidth | about 220 kilometers ⓘ |
| minimumWidth | about 7.3 kilometers at Nevelskoy Strait ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Tatars
ⓘ
surface form:
Tatar people
|
| northernPartKnownAs | Nevelskoy Strait ⓘ |
| oceanographicRegion | marginal sea strait of the Northwest Pacific ⓘ |
| partOf |
Pacific Ocean drainage basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Ocean basin
maritime route between Russian Far East ports ⓘ |
| RussianName |
Tatar Strait
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Татарский пролив
|
| separates |
Russian mainland
ⓘ
Sakhalin Island ⓘ Sakhalin Oblast ⓘ
surface form:
Sakhalin Oblast from Khabarovsk Krai
|
| usedFor |
fishing
ⓘ
shipping route ⓘ |
| waterType | salt water ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tatar Strait Description of subject: The Tatar Strait is a narrow body of water in the Russian Far East that separates Sakhalin Island from the mainland and connects the Sea of Okhotsk with the Sea of Japan.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Татарский пролив
this entity surface form:
Tatar Strait basin