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OAS seaname Detail for Sea of Okhotsk
| seanames_id: | 100 |
|---|---|
| Seaname: | Sea of Okhotsk |
| Sea code: | 54 |
| Definition: | The limits of the Sea of Okhotsk, situated in the northwestern part of the North Pacific Ocean and bounded by the coasts of Sakhalin Island, USSR, Kuril'shiye Islands and Hokkaid Degrees Island, are the following: On the Southeast: A line joining Cape Lopatka (50 Degrees 52 Minutes N - 156 Degrees 40 Minutes E), the southern extremity of Kamchatka Peninsula, southwestward, along the southeastern coasts of the Kuril'shiye Islands, to Nosappu Cape (43 Degrees 23 Minutes N - 145 Degrees 49 Minutes 10 Seconds E), the eastern extremity of Hokkaid Degrees . On the Southwest (in the La Pérouse Strait): A line joining Cape Kuznetsova (46 Degrees 02 Minutes 40 Seconds N - 141 Degrees 55 Minutes 10 Seconds E), on the southwestern coast of Sakhalin Island, southwestward to Nosyappu Point (45 Degrees 26 Minutes 50 Seconds N - 141 Degrees 39 Minutes E), the northwestern extremity of Hokkaid Degrees (the common limit with the Japan Sea, see 7.8). On the West (in the Nevel'skogo Strait): A line joining Cape Yuzhnyy (51 Degrees 41 Minutes N - 141 Degrees 06 Minutes 20 Seconds E), on the coast of USSR, eastward to Cape Tyk (51 Degrees 44 Minutes 40 Seconds N - 141 Degrees 40 Minutes 30 Seconds E), on the western coast of Sakhalin Island (the common limit with the Gulf of Tartary, see 7.9). |
| Citation: | Limits of Oceans and Seas, 1986 (Draft 4th edition). IHB Special Publication 23, International Hydrographic Bureau, 203p. |
| Deprecated: | false |
| Metadata version: | 0 |
| Keydate: | 2000-09-13 04:00:00+00 |
| Editdate: | 2000-10-24 04:00:00+00 |