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Sulu Sea

interisland sea of the Western Pacific Ocean
SeaBodyOfWater sea Q160194
Sulu Sea
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Summary

Sulu Sea is a sea[1]. It draws 835 Wikipedia views per month (sea category, ranking #27 of 101).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Philippines[3]
  • Shares border with: Gorontalo[4]
  • Inflows: Kinabatangan River[5], Sungai Labuk[6], Sungai Segama[7], Sungai Sugut[8], Sungai Paitan[9]
  • Basin country: Philippines[10]
  • Part of: Pacific Ocean[11]
  • Commons category: Sulu Sea[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sulu Sea[13]
  • Described by source: Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition[14]
  • Area: 348,000 km²[15]
  • Connects with: South China Sea[16], Sibuyan Sea[17], Visayan Sea[18], Bohol Sea[19], Celebes Sea[20]
  • Vertical depth: 1000 m[21], 5576 m[22]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23]

Why It Matters

Sulu Sea has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

Borneo Malaysia Mindanao Mindoro Negros Palawan Panay Philippines

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · Seav · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → Pacific Ocean
    Wikidata description → interisland sea of the Western Pacific Ocean
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Part of: Q139996695"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Sulu Sea
    Local thumb → —
    Shares border with → Gorontalo
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 8, 'lon': 120}
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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