Sea of Okhotsk

English

Etymology

Named after Okhotsk, the first Russian settlement in the Far East, whose name is derived from Even окат (okat, river).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌsiː əv əˈxɒtsk/

Proper noun

the Sea of Okhotsk

  1. A sea between the Kamchatka Peninsula on the east, the Kuril Islands on the southeast, the island of Hokkaidō to the far south, the island of Sakhalin along the west, and a long stretch of eastern Siberian coast along the west and north.

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