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La Perouse Strait

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A strait between the Japanese island of Hokkaido and the Russian island of Sakhalin, named for the French navigator who charted it in the eighteenth century. It links the Sea of Japan to the Sea of Okhotsk.

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Japan, Countries
Russia, Countries
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Wikidata: La Perouse Strait
Wikidata Q208054, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source

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