The Sea of Okhotsk covers 611,000 sq.mi. (
1,583,000 km²).
 The average depth is 2,818 feet (859 metres).
Its maximum depth is 11,063 feet (3,372 metres).
It is connected to the Sea of Japan on the west through the Sakhalin Gulf and the Gulf of Tartary; on the south, through the La Pérouse Strait.

In winter, travelling on the Sea of Okhotsk becomes difficult, or even impossible, due tolarge ice floes.

Except for Hokkaidō, one of the Japanese home islands, the sea is surrounded on all sides by land of the Russian Federation.
For this reason, it is generally said to be part of Russia.
The Sea of Okhotsk covers 611,000 sq.mi. (1,583,000 km²).  The average depth is 2,818 feet (859 metres). Its maximum depth is 11,063 feet (3,372 metres). It is connected to the Sea of Japan on the west through the Sakhalin Gulf and the Gulf of Tartary; on the south, through the La Pérouse Strait.
In winter, travelling on the Sea of Okhotsk becomes difficult, or even impossible, due tolarge ice floes.
Except for Hokkaidō, one of the Japanese home islands, the sea is surrounded on all sides by land of the Russian Federation. For this reason, it is generally said to be part of Russia.
Sea of Okhotsk