La Pérouse Strait

E23248

international strait strait waterway

La Pérouse Strait is a narrow international waterway between Japan’s Hokkaido and Russia’s Sakhalin Island that links the Sea of Japan with the Sea of Okhotsk.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Laperouse Strait	0	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international strait → strait → waterway →
alsoKnownAs	Proliv La Peruz → Proliv Soyya → Sōya Strait → surface form: Soya Strait Sōya Strait →
borderedBy	Hokkaido → Sakhalin Island →
climateZone	cold temperate →
connectsBodyOfWater	Sea of Japan → Sea of Okhotsk →
country	Japan → Russia →
governingJurisdiction	Japan → Russia →
hasLanguageVariantName	Japanese → Russian →
hasNavigationHazards	seasonal ice → strong currents →
hasNearbyCity	Wakkanai →
hasNearbySettlement	Korsakov →
hasSeaIceInWinter	yes →
hasStrongCurrent	yes →
isNorthernMaritimeApproachTo	Sea of Japan →
isPartOfSeaRoute	routes between East Asia and North Pacific →
isSouthernMaritimeApproachTo	Sea of Okhotsk →
isSubjectOf	Japan–Russia maritime security considerations →
locatedBetween	Hokkaido → Sakhalin Island →
locatedIn	Hokkaido Prefecture NERFINISHED → Northern Pacific Ocean → surface form: North Pacific Ocean Russia Far East → surface form: Russian Far East
maximumDepth	approximately 118 meters → approximately 387 feet →
minimumWidth	approximately 27 miles → approximately 43 kilometers →
namedAfter	Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse →
namedBy	French explorers →
partOf	Kuril Islands → surface form: Japan–Russia maritime boundary region Pacific Ocean → surface form: Pacific Ocean basin
region	East Asia → surface form: Northeast Asia
separates	Hokkaido → Sakhalin Island →
strategicImportance	maritime route between Sea of Japan and Sea of Okhotsk →
usedFor	fishing → international shipping →
waterwayType	oceanic strait →

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sea of Japan → connectedBy → La Pérouse Strait →

Kuril Islands → hasStrait → La Pérouse Strait →

this entity surface form: Laperouse Strait