The Sea of Okhotsk ( ; `` Ohōtsuku-kai '' ) is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean , lying between the Kamchatka Peninsula on the east , the Kuril Islands on the southeast , the island of Hokkaidō to the south , the island of Sakhalin along the west , and a long stretch of eastern Siberian coast ( including the Shantar Islands ) along the west and north .
The Sea of Okhotsk is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean . It is between the Kamchatka Peninsula on the east , the Kuril Islands on the southeast , the island of Hokkaidō to the south , the island of Sakhalin along the west , and a long stretch of eastern Siberian coast ( including the Shantar Islands ) along the west and north .