Soya Strait

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Soya Strait is a narrow sea passage between Japan’s Hokkaido and Russia’s Sakhalin Island that connects the Sea of Japan with the Sea of Okhotsk.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf sea passage
strait
borderingCape Cape Crillon NERFINISHED
Cape Sōya NERFINISHED
borderingCity Wakkanai NERFINISHED
borderingRegion Hokkaido Prefecture NERFINISHED
Sakhalin Oblast NERFINISHED
connectsBodyOfWater Sea of Japan NERFINISHED
Sea of Okhotsk NERFINISHED
countryOnShore Japan NERFINISHED
Russia NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName La Pérouse Strait NERFINISHED
Strait of La Pérouse NERFINISHED
hasHistoricalUse naval operations
trade route between Japanese and Russian territories
hasIceCoverInWinter true
hasMaximumDepth approximately 118 meters
hasMinimumWidth approximately 43 kilometers
hasNavigationHazard sea ice
strong currents
hasStrongCurrent true
hasSurfaceWaterTemperatureVariation seasonal
isNorthernmostMajorStraitOf Japan NERFINISHED
locatedBetween Hokkaido and Sakhalin Island
locatedIn East Asia
locatedNorthOf Hokkaido NERFINISHED
locatedSouthOf Sakhalin Island NERFINISHED
namedAfter Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse NERFINISHED
nearbyPort Port of Wakkanai NERFINISHED
partOf Pacific Ocean basin NERFINISHED
boundary between Japan and Russia
separates Hokkaido NERFINISHED
Sakhalin Island NERFINISHED
strategicImportance maritime route between Sea of Japan and Sea of Okhotsk
subjectTo fog
strong winds
usedFor fishing
international shipping
maritime transport between Japan and Russia

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Soya Current locatedIn Soya Strait
Soya Current flowsThrough Soya Strait