Nevelskoy Strait
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Nevelskoy Strait is the narrowest part of the strait between Sakhalin Island and the Russian mainland, notable for its shallow waters and strategic location connecting the Sea of Okhotsk with the Sea of Japan.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nevelskoy Strait canonical | 1 |
| пролив Невельского | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5744626 — 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: Nevelskoy Strait Context triple: [Tatar Strait, northernPartKnownAs, Nevelskoy Strait]
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A.
Sannikov Strait
Sannikov Strait is a narrow Arctic waterway in northern Russia that separates the New Siberian Islands from the Siberian mainland and links the Laptev Sea with the East Siberian Sea.
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B.
Dmitry Laptev Strait
Dmitry Laptev Strait is a narrow Arctic waterway in northeastern Siberia that separates the New Siberian Islands from the Russian mainland and links the Laptev Sea with the East Siberian Sea.
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C.
Krusenstern Strait
Krusenstern Strait is a sea passage in the Kuril Islands chain that separates two of the islands and connects parts of the northwest Pacific waters.
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D.
Yugorsky Strait
Yugorsky Strait is a narrow Arctic waterway in northern Russia that separates Vaygach Island from the mainland and connects the Barents Sea with the Kara Sea.
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E.
Vilkitsky Strait
Vilkitsky Strait is a narrow Arctic waterway off the northern coast of Siberia that separates the Taymyr Peninsula from the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago and forms part of the Northern Sea Route.
- 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: Nevelskoy Strait Target entity description: Nevelskoy Strait is the narrowest part of the strait between Sakhalin Island and the Russian mainland, notable for its shallow waters and strategic location connecting the Sea of Okhotsk with the Sea of Japan.
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A.
Sannikov Strait
Sannikov Strait is a narrow Arctic waterway in northern Russia that separates the New Siberian Islands from the Siberian mainland and links the Laptev Sea with the East Siberian Sea.
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B.
Dmitry Laptev Strait
Dmitry Laptev Strait is a narrow Arctic waterway in northeastern Siberia that separates the New Siberian Islands from the Russian mainland and links the Laptev Sea with the East Siberian Sea.
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C.
Krusenstern Strait
Krusenstern Strait is a sea passage in the Kuril Islands chain that separates two of the islands and connects parts of the northwest Pacific waters.
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D.
Yugorsky Strait
Yugorsky Strait is a narrow Arctic waterway in northern Russia that separates Vaygach Island from the mainland and connects the Barents Sea with the Kara Sea.
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E.
Vilkitsky Strait
Vilkitsky Strait is a narrow Arctic waterway off the northern coast of Siberia that separates the Taymyr Peninsula from the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago and forms part of the Northern Sea Route.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | strait ⓘ |
| borderingEntity |
Khabarovsk Krai
ⓘ
Sakhalin Island ⓘ |
| characteristic |
narrowest part of the strait between Sakhalin Island and the Russian mainland
ⓘ
shallow waters ⓘ |
| connects |
Sea of Japan
ⓘ
Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| geopoliticalSignificance | part of Russian internal waters ⓘ |
| hasLanguageName | Russian ⓘ |
| hydrologicalCharacteristic | shallow depth limits large-vessel passage ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Russian Far East
ⓘ
linked to:
Russia Far East
Sakhalin Oblast ⓘ |
| locatedInBodyOfWater | Tatar Strait ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Amur estuary
ⓘ
linked to:
Amur River estuary
Sakhalin Gulf ⓘ
linked to:
Gulf of Sakhalin
|
| locatedOnCoastOf |
Asian mainland coast of Russia
ⓘ
Sakhalin Island ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Gennady Nevelskoy ⓘ |
| namedForOccupation | Russian explorer ⓘ |
| navigationalCharacteristic | difficult navigation due to shallow depth ⓘ |
| partOf |
Russian Pacific maritime routes
ⓘ
strait between Sakhalin Island and the Russian mainland ⓘ |
| region |
Northwestern Sea of Japan region
ⓘ
Southern Sea of Okhotsk region ⓘ |
| RussianName |
пролив Невельского
ⓘ
linked to:
Nevelskoy Strait
|
| separates |
Russian mainland
ⓘ
Sakhalin Island ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | connects the Sea of Okhotsk with the Sea of Japan ⓘ |
| strategicUse | potential shipping route between Sea of Okhotsk and Sea of Japan ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nevelskoy Strait Description of subject: Nevelskoy Strait is the narrowest part of the strait between Sakhalin Island and the Russian mainland, notable for its shallow waters and strategic location connecting the Sea of Okhotsk with the Sea of Japan.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Nevelskoy Strait