Okhotsk

[ oh-kotsk; Russian uh-khawtsk ]

noun

1. Sea of Okhotsk, an arm of the North Pacific Ocean enclosed by the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Kurile Islands, Sakhalin, and the Russian Federation in Asia. 582,000 square miles (1,507,380 square kilometers); greatest depth, 10,554 feet (3,217 meters).

Okhotsk

/ aˈɔxtsk; ˈəʊkɒtsk /

noun

1. Sea of Okhotsk
   part of the NW Pacific, surrounded by the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Kurile Islands, Sakhalin Island, and the E coast of Siberia. Area: 1 589 840 sq km (613 838 sq miles)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Okhotsk¹

First recorded in 1815–20; from Russian Okhótsk, equivalent to Okhot(a) the name of a river, probably from Evenki (Lamut) okat “river” + -sk, Russian noun suffix used in placenames

Example Sentences

According to Dr Shpak, Andruha/Hvaldimir had first been captured in 2013 in the Sea of Okhotsk in Russia's Far East.

From BBC

The boat was discovered on Monday as it floated past a fishing boat in the Sea of Okhotsk, off the coast of Kamchatka Peninsula, which lies in the far east of Russia, the Russian news agency reports.

From BBC

A Russian man has been rescued after spending more than two months adrift in a small inflatable boat in the Sea of Okhotsk in the far east of Russia.

From BBC

As to how he was able to survive for so long in the Sea of Okhotsk - the coldest in East Asia - a representative from the far eastern branch of the Russian seafarers' union suggested a supply of fish may have played a part.

From BBC

Russian fishery managers set the quota at more than 2 million metric tons of pollock, which has been pulled largely from the Okhotsk and Bering seas, according to Intrafish, a seafood industry publication.

From Seattle Times