Sea of Okhotsk
Also known as Okhotsk Sea, Sea of Kamchatka, Kamchatka Sea
marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean
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The Sea of Okhotsk is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean located off the eastern coast of Russia. It is one of the largest and most productive fishing grounds in the world, making it economically important for the region.
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- 1583000
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- Freezing the waters of the Sea of Okhotsk. Magadan.jpg
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- Sea of Okhotsk
- vertical depth
- 3374
- native label
- Охотское море
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The Sea of Okhotsk is a marginal sea of the northwestern Pacific Ocean. It is located between Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on the east, the Kuril Islands on the southeast, Japan's island of Hokkaido on the south, the island of Sakhalin along the west, and a stretch of eastern Siberian coast along the west and north. Its northeast corner is the Shelikhov Gulf. The sea is named for the port of Okhotsk, itself named for the Okhota River.
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Bodies of water of Kamchatka KraiBodies of water of Khabarovsk KraiBodies of water of Magadan OblastBodies of water of Sakhalin OblastGeography of HokkaidoGeography of Northeast AsiaGeography of the Russian Far EastMarginal seas of the Pacific OceanPacific Coast of RussiaSea of OkhotskSeas of AsiaSeas of Japan