Sea of Okhotsk

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marginal sea sea

The Sea of Okhotsk is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean bordered by Russia and Japan, known for its rich fisheries, seasonal sea ice, and harsh subarctic climate.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf marginal sea ⓘ
sea ⓘ
averageDepth about 859 meters ⓘ
basinCountry Japan ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
borderedBy Chukotka Autonomous Okrug ⓘ
Hokkaido ⓘ
Kamchatka Peninsula ⓘ
Khabarovsk Krai ⓘ
Kuril Islands ⓘ
Magadan Oblast ⓘ
Sakhalin Island ⓘ
climate subarctic climate ⓘ
connectedBy Kuril straits ⓘ
La Pérouse Strait ⓘ
Tatar Strait ⓘ
connectedTo Bering Sea ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Sea of Japan ⓘ
countryBorder Japan ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
fauna Pacific salmon ⓘ
crab ⓘ
pollock ⓘ
seals ⓘ
whales ⓘ
freezesSeasonally true ⓘ
iceCoverage large parts covered by sea ice in winter ⓘ
knownFor harsh subarctic climate ⓘ
rich fisheries ⓘ
seasonal sea ice ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Hemisphere ⓘ
Russia Far East ⓘ
surface form: Far East

Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form: North Pacific Ocean

East Asia ⓘ
surface form: Northeast Asia

Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
Russia Far East ⓘ
surface form: Russian Far East
majorEconomicActivity commercial fishing ⓘ
crab fishing ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
majorPort Korsakov ⓘ
Magadan ⓘ
Okhotsk Plate ⓘ
surface form: Okhotsk
maximumDepth about 3372 meters ⓘ
namedAfter Okhotsk Plate ⓘ
surface form: Okhotsk
nameLanguage Russian ⓘ
oceanographicFeature high biological productivity ⓘ
strong seasonal ice formation ⓘ
partOf Pacific Ocean ⓘ
western Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surfaceArea about 1,583,000 square kilometers ⓘ

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Hokkaido → borderedBy → Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
Northern Japan → borders → Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
Russia Far East → bordersBodyOfWater → Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
subject surface form: Russian Far East
East Asia → bordersSea → Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
Khabarovsk Krai → bordersWith → Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
Sea of Japan → connectedTo → Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
La Pérouse Strait → connectsBodyOfWater → Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
Amur Plate → containsPartOf → Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
Amur River → emptiesInto → Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
Khabarovsk Krai → hasCoastlineOn → Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
Magadan → hasCoastlineOn → Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
Kitami → hasNearbyBodyOfWater → Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
Northern Pacific → hasPart → Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
Kuril Islands → locatedIn → Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
Kitami → locatedNearSea → Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
Magadan → locatedOn → Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
Amur River → mouthLocatedIn → Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
Okhotsk Plate → namedAfter → Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
Steller sea lion → nativeTo → Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
Shiretoko National Park → overlooks → Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
Kuril Islands → separates → Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
Okhotsk Plate → underlies → Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ