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Sea of Okhotsk
Sea of Okhotsk , Rus. Okhotskoye More, 590,000 sq mi (1,528,100 sq km), northwest arm of the Pacific Ocean, W of the Kamchatka peninsula and the Kuril Islands. It is connected with the Sea of Japan by the Tatar and La Pérouse straits and with the Pacific Ocean by passages through the Kuril Islands. The sea is generally less than 5,000 ft (1,524 m) deep; its deepest point, near the Kuriles, is 11,033 ft (3,363 m). The sea is icebound from November to June and has frequent heavy fogs. Fishing and crabbing are carried on off W Kamchatka peninsula. Magadan, on the mainland, and Korsakov, on Sakhalin, are the largest ports. |
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"Sea of Okhotsk." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Sea of Okhotsk." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Okhotsk.html "Sea of Okhotsk." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Okhotsk.html |
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Okhotsk, Sea of
Okhotsk, Sea of (Okhotskoye More), Russia Tungus, Lama, Kamchatka Takes its name from the port of Okhotsk, in Khabarovsk Territory, which itself is named after the Okhota River; its name may be an Evenki word for ‘river’. Previously it has been called the Tungus (see Tunguska), an old name for the Evenk, Lama ‘sea’ in Evenki, and Kamchatka after the peninsula.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Okhotsk, Sea of." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Okhotsk, Sea of." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-OkhotskSeaof.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Okhotsk, Sea of." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-OkhotskSeaof.html |
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Okhotsk, Sea of
Okhotsk, Sea of Arm of the n Pacific Ocean off the e coast of Russia, bounded e by the Kamchatka Peninsula and se by the Kuril Islands. The chief ports are Magadan and Korsakov in Russia. Area: 1,528,000sq km (590,000sq mi).
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"Okhotsk, Sea of." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Okhotsk, Sea of." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-OkhotskSeaof.html "Okhotsk, Sea of." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-OkhotskSeaof.html |
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