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La Perouse Strait
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La Perouse Strait

 Japanese Soya-kaikyo Russian Proliv Laperuza

International waterway between the Russian island of Sakhalin and the Japanese island of Hokkaido. The strait, named for the French explorer count de La Pérouse, separates the Sea of Okhotsk from the Sea of Japan (East Sea). It is 27 mi (43 km) wide at its narrowest part, and it varies in depth from 167 to 387 ft (51 to 118 m). Noted for its extremely strong currents, it is closed by ice in the winter.


La Pérouse Strait 

the strait between the islands of Sakhalin (USSR) and Hokkaido (Japan), connecting the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk. Width, 43 km at the narrowest point; depth, from 51 to 118 m. There are strong tides. The strait, which is covered withice in the winter, is a waterway between Vladivostok and the ports of the Sea of Okhotsk, the Bering Sea, and the Pacific Ocean. It was named after the French seafarer J. F. La Pérouse.



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