Sea of Okhotsk

The Sea of Okhotsk (named after Okhotsk, the first Russian settlement in the Far East) is a part of the western Pacific Ocean, lying between the Kamchatka Peninsula on the east, the Kuril Islands on the southeast, the island of Hokkaido to the far south, the island of Sakhalin along the west, and a long stretch of eastern Siberian coastline along the west and north.

Japanese name

In the Japanese language, the sea was traditionally called Hokkai (北海), meaning 'north sea'. However, because this term is now used to refer to the North Sea in Europe, the name has changed to Ohotsukukai (オホーツク海), a transliteration of the Russian name.

Related Topics:
Japanese language - North Sea - Europe

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