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.

Notable seaports

• Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan
• Magadan, Magadan, Russia
• Monbetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
• Palana, Kamchatka, Russia
• Wakkanai, Hokkaido, Japan
• Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin, Russia