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OAS seaname Detail for Gulf of Tartary
| seanames_id: | 25 |
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| Seaname: | Gulf of Tartary |
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| Definition: | The Gulf of Tartary is situated northward and adjacent to the Japan Sea, between the coasts of USSR and Sakhalin Island. It is connected, on the North and through the Nevel'skogo Strait, with the Sea of Okhotsk. Its limits are the following: On the North: 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 Sea of Okhotsk, see 7.10). On the East: The western coast of Sakhalin Island, from Cape Tyk southward to Cape Kuznetsova (46 Degrees 02 Minutes 40 Seconds N - 141 Degrees 55 Minutes 10 Seconds E). On the South: A line joining Cape Kuznetsova westward to Cape Belkina (45 Degrees 49 Minutes 15 Seconds N - 137 Degrees 41 Minutes 30 Seconds E), on the coast of USSR (the common limit with the Japan Sea, see 7.8). On the West: The coast of USSR, from Cape Belkina northward to Cape Yuzhnyy (51 Degrees 41 Minutes N - 141 Degrees 06 Minutes 20 Seconds E). |
| 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 |