The location of numerous coastal islands including Shantar and Yam, only Ion Island is located in the open sea.
The location of numerous coastal islands including Shantar and Yam, only Ion Island is located in the open sea. Characterized by counterclockwise currents that moderate the climate on its southwestern shore, it receives the Penzhina River in the northeast and Amur River in the southwest near Sakhalin. It is connected to the Pacific by passages through the Kuril Islands and by the Tatar and La Pérouse straits to the Sea of Japan. For ten points, name this northwestern arm of the Pacific Ocean, which is found north of Hokkaido and west of the Kamchatka Peninsula.
The location of numerous coastal islands including Shantar and Yam, only Ion Island is located in the open sea.
Sea of {Okhotsk} (accept: {Okhotskoye} More)