La Pérouse Strait
La Pérouse Strait (lä pərōōz´) or Soya Strait (sō´yä), channel, 25 mi (40 km) wide, separating N Hokkaido island, Japan, from S Sakhalin island, Russia, and connecting the Sea of Japan on the west with the Sea of Okhotsk on the east.
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