La Perouse Strait
La Pérouse Strait
(
Japanese
:
Soya Strait
) is a
strait
dividing the southern part of the
Russian
island of
Sakhalin
from the northern part of the
Japanese
island of
Hokkaido
, and connecting the
Sea of Japan
on the west with the
Sea of Okhotsk
on the east. It is 40km (25 miles) long and 20 to 40m deep. The strait is named for
Jean-Franois de La Prouse
, who discovered the channel in
1787
.
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