Nemuro Strait
E184697
Nemuro Strait is a narrow body of water separating Japan’s Hokkaido from the southern Kuril Islands, known for its rich marine life and geopolitical significance.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nemuro Strait canonical | 3 |
| Kunashir Strait | 1 |
| Nemuro Channel (regional term) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1234054 — 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: Nemuro Strait Context triple: [Kuril Islands, hasStrait, Nemuro Strait]
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A.
Tsugaru Strait
The Tsugaru Strait is a narrow body of water separating Japan’s Honshu and Hokkaido islands, serving as a key maritime passage between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean.
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B.
Sōya Strait
Sōya Strait is the narrow sea passage between Japan’s Hokkaido and Russia’s Sakhalin Island, serving as a key shipping route connecting the Sea of Japan with the Sea of Okhotsk.
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C.
Kanmon Straits
Kanmon Straits is a narrow sea passage in southwestern Japan that separates the islands of Honshu and Kyushu and serves as an important shipping and transportation route.
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D.
Kuril straits
The Kuril Straits are a series of narrow sea passages between the Kuril Islands that form an important maritime route between the Sea of Okhotsk and the North Pacific Ocean.
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E.
Tokara Strait
Tokara Strait is a body of water in southern Japan that separates the Tokara Islands from the Amami Islands, forming part of the boundary between the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
- 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: Nemuro Strait Target entity description: Nemuro Strait is a narrow body of water separating Japan’s Hokkaido from the southern Kuril Islands, known for its rich marine life and geopolitical significance.
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A.
Tsugaru Strait
The Tsugaru Strait is a narrow body of water separating Japan’s Honshu and Hokkaido islands, serving as a key maritime passage between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean.
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B.
Sōya Strait
Sōya Strait is the narrow sea passage between Japan’s Hokkaido and Russia’s Sakhalin Island, serving as a key shipping route connecting the Sea of Japan with the Sea of Okhotsk.
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C.
Kanmon Straits
Kanmon Straits is a narrow sea passage in southwestern Japan that separates the islands of Honshu and Kyushu and serves as an important shipping and transportation route.
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D.
Kuril straits
The Kuril Straits are a series of narrow sea passages between the Kuril Islands that form an important maritime route between the Sea of Okhotsk and the North Pacific Ocean.
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E.
Tokara Strait
Tokara Strait is a body of water in southern Japan that separates the Tokara Islands from the Amami Islands, forming part of the boundary between the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
body of water
ⓘ
strait ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Habomai Islands
ⓘ
Hokkaido ⓘ
surface form:
Hokkaido Prefecture
Kunashir ⓘ
surface form:
Kunashir Island
Shikotan ⓘ
surface form:
Shikotan Island
|
| borderBetween |
Japan
ⓘ
Russia ⓘ |
| connects |
Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| ecoregion | temperate North Pacific marine ecoregion ⓘ |
| hasClimate | cold maritime climate ⓘ |
| hasEconomicImportance |
local shipping routes
ⓘ
regional fisheries ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
foggy conditions
ⓘ
productive fishing grounds ⓘ strong currents ⓘ |
| hasGeopoliticalSignificance |
Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Japan–Russia territorial dispute
|
| hasNavigationConditions | seasonal sea ice presence ⓘ |
| hasSecurityRelevance |
border control
ⓘ
military monitoring ⓘ |
| knownFor |
abundant fisheries
ⓘ
cold-water marine ecosystem ⓘ rich marine life ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym |
Japanese
ⓘ
Russian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
East Asia
ⓘ
surface form:
Far East Asia
Northwestern Pacific Ocean ⓘ Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
surface form:
Sea of Okhotsk region
|
| near |
Nemuro Strait
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Nemuro Channel (regional term)
Nemuro City ⓘ Nemuro Peninsula ⓘ Nemuro Subprefecture ⓘ |
| partOf |
Kuril straits
ⓘ
surface form:
Japan–Russia maritime boundary area
Kuril Islands ⓘ
surface form:
Kuril Islands region
disputed Northern Territories area ⓘ |
| separates |
Hokkaido
ⓘ
Southern Kurils ⓘ
surface form:
southern Kuril Islands
|
| subjectOf |
Japan–Russia border negotiations
ⓘ
Japan–Russia fisheries agreements ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fishing
ⓘ
marine transportation ⓘ |
| waterType | saltwater ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nemuro Strait Description of subject: Nemuro Strait is a narrow body of water separating Japan’s Hokkaido from the southern Kuril Islands, known for its rich marine life and geopolitical significance.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kunashir Strait
this entity surface form:
Nemuro Channel (regional term)