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Okhotsk, Sea of

Okhotsk, Sea of, (Russian, Okhotskoye More), north-west arm of the Pacific Ocean. Covering an area of approximately 1,530,000 sq km (590,000 sq mi), it is bounded on the east by Kamchatka Peninsula, on the south-east by the Kuril Islands, on the south-west by the Japanese island of Hokkaido, and on the west by the island of Sakhalin and the far eastern coast of Russia. The sea, rich in marine life, freezes over during the winter months and is frequently covered with fog.