Juan de Fuca Strait

E39439

marine channel strait

Juan de Fuca Strait is a major marine channel separating Vancouver Island in Canada from Washington State in the United States, forming part of the entrance to the Salish Sea and the Pacific Ocean.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Strait of Juan de Fuca	108
Juan de Fuca Strait canonical	11
Seattle–Strait of Juan de Fuca shipping lanes	1
Strait of Juan de Fuca water system	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T295872 — 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: Juan de Fuca Strait
Context triple: [Canada West Coast, hasPart, Juan de Fuca Strait]

A. Gastineau Channel
Gastineau Channel is a narrow tidal waterway in southeastern Alaska that separates Douglas Island from the mainland and provides the waterfront setting for the city of Juneau.
B. La Pérouse Strait
La Pérouse Strait is a narrow international waterway between Japan’s Hokkaido and Russia’s Sakhalin Island that links the Sea of Japan with the Sea of Okhotsk.
C. Georgia Strait
Georgia Strait is a major coastal waterway in British Columbia that separates Vancouver Island from the mainland and forms part of the Salish Sea.
D. Juan de Fuca Plate
The Juan de Fuca Plate is a small oceanic tectonic plate off the Pacific Northwest coast whose subduction beneath North America drives significant volcanic and seismic activity in the region.
E. 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.
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: Juan de Fuca Strait
Target entity description: Juan de Fuca Strait is a major marine channel separating Vancouver Island in Canada from Washington State in the United States, forming part of the entrance to the Salish Sea and the Pacific Ocean.

A. Gastineau Channel
Gastineau Channel is a narrow tidal waterway in southeastern Alaska that separates Douglas Island from the mainland and provides the waterfront setting for the city of Juneau.
B. La Pérouse Strait
La Pérouse Strait is a narrow international waterway between Japan’s Hokkaido and Russia’s Sakhalin Island that links the Sea of Japan with the Sea of Okhotsk.
C. Georgia Strait
Georgia Strait is a major coastal waterway in British Columbia that separates Vancouver Island from the mainland and forms part of the Salish Sea.
D. Juan de Fuca Plate
The Juan de Fuca Plate is a small oceanic tectonic plate off the Pacific Northwest coast whose subduction beneath North America drives significant volcanic and seismic activity in the region.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	marine channel ⓘ strait ⓘ
borderOf	British Columbia ⓘ Washington ⓘ surface form: Washington State
connectsTo	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
coordinatesApprox	48.3°N 123.7°W ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
easternTerminus	Haro Strait ⓘ Georgia Strait ⓘ surface form: Strait of Georgia
ecoregion	temperate coastal marine ecosystem ⓘ
governingJurisdiction	British Columbia ⓘ surface form: Province of British Columbia Washington ⓘ surface form: State of Washington
hasCurrent	strong tidal currents ⓘ
hasHazard	frequent fog ⓘ rough seas ⓘ
hasIslandAtMouth	Race Rocks ⓘ Tatoosh Island ⓘ
hasPort	Port Angeles ⓘ Victoria ⓘ
hasWildlife	humpback whales ⓘ orcas ⓘ sea lions ⓘ seals ⓘ
historicalExploration	explored by Spanish and British navigators in the late 18th century ⓘ
length	about 154 kilometers ⓘ about 96 miles ⓘ
locatedIn	North America ⓘ eastern North Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: Northeast Pacific Ocean
maximumDepth	over 250 meters ⓘ over 820 feet ⓘ
namedAfter	Juan de Fuca ⓘ
near	Juan de Fuca Marine Trail ⓘ Olympic National Park ⓘ
oceanographicFeature	Juan de Fuca tectonic plate lies offshore to the west ⓘ
partOf	Salish Sea ⓘ international boundary between Canada and the United States ⓘ shipping route to Seattle ⓘ shipping route to Vancouver ⓘ
separates	Olympic Peninsula ⓘ Vancouver Island ⓘ Washington ⓘ surface form: Washington State
usedFor	commercial shipping ⓘ fishing ⓘ recreational boating ⓘ
waterBodyType	saltwater ⓘ
westernTerminus	Pacific Ocean ⓘ

How these facts were elicited