[oh-kotsk; Russ. uh-khawtsk] 
| Sea of, an arm of the N Pacific enclosed by the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Kurile Islands, Sakhalin, and the Russian Federation in Asia. 582,000 sq. mi. (1,507,380 sq. km); greatest depth, 10,554 ft. (3217 m). |
| O·khotsk (ō-kŏtsk', ə-KHôtsk') An arm of the northwest Pacific Ocean west of the Kamchatka Peninsula and Kuril Islands. It is connected with the Sea of Japan by narrow straits. |