Sea of Okhotsk

The Sea of Okhotsk is a cold, partly enclosed sea of the northwestern Pacific. Sakhalin lies to the west, Kamchatka to the east, and the Kuril Islands form a long boundary to the southeast. Winds and currents spread winter ice across the sea, while passages between the islands allow water to exchange with the Pacific. Beneath the surface, currents circulate through the northern sea and the deeper basin to the south.