La Pérouse Strait

La Pérouse Strait
A strait dividing the Russian island of Sakhalin in the north from the Japanese island of Hokkaido, and connecting the Sea of Japan on the west with the Sea of Okhotsk on the east.

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  • La Pérouse Strait — Infobox East Asian title = La Pérouse Strait imgwidth = caption = La Pérouse Strait, from Cape Sōya, Hokkaido sort = japanesename = kanji = 宗谷海峡 kana = kanahist = hiragana = katakana = shinjitai = kyujitai = romaji = Sōya Kaikyō hepburn =… …   Wikipedia

  • La Perouse Strait — Japanese Sōya kaikyō Russian Proliv Laperuza International waterway between the Russian island of Sakhalin and the Japanese island of Hokkaido. The strait, named for the French explorer count de La Pérouse, separates the Sea of Okhotsk from the… …   Universalium

  • Strait of Tartary — The Strait of Tartary connects the Sea of Okhostsk to the Sea of Japan. Strait of Tartary (Gulf of Tartary, Gulf of Tatary, Tatar Strait, Tartar Strait, Strait of Tartar, also Chinese: 韃靼海峽 , Japanese: 間宮海峡, Mamiya Strait, Russian Татарский… …   Wikipedia

  • strait — straitly, adv. straitness, n. /strayt/, n. 1. Often, straits. (used with a sing. v.) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water. 2. Often, straits. a position of difficulty, distress, or need: Ill and penniless, he was in sad… …   Universalium

  • Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse — Infobox Military Person name=Jean François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse caption= born=23 August 1741 died=?1788 placeofbirth=near Albi, France placeofdeath=Unknown (Australasia) nickname= allegiance= branch=Navy serviceyears= rank= unit=… …   Wikipedia

  • La Perouse — may refer to *Jean François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, a French naval officer and explorer,and the following places which were named after him: *La Perouse, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney *La Perouse Strait, a strait between the Russia… …   Wikipedia

  • Tsushima Strait — nihongo|Tsushima Strait|対馬海峡|tsushima kaikyō, also known as the Tsu Shima Strait or Tsu Shima Strait ) is the eastern channel of the Korea Strait, which lies between Korea and Japan, connecting the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea.The Tsushima …   Wikipedia

  • La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de — ▪ French navigator born Aug. 22, 1741, near Albi, Fr. died c. 1788  French navigator who conducted wide ranging explorations in the Pacific Ocean.       Commanding the ship La Boussole, which was accompanied by the Astrolabe, La Pérouse sailed… …   Universalium

  • Chatham Strait — For other uses, see Chatham (disambiguation). Moonrise in Chatham Strait Chatham Strait, or Shee ya xhaak in the Tlingit language, is a narrow passage of the Alexander Archipelago in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Alaska. It… …   Wikipedia

  • La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, count de — (1741 1788)    navigator    Born in Le Guo, near Albi, Jean François de Galaup, count de La Pérouse joined the navy in 1756 and took part in several campaigns against the British (rejoining the fleet of Admiral jean baptiste d estaing in the… …   France. A reference guide from Renaissance to the Present

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