Strait of Tartary

Strait of Tartary ( Gulf of Tartary , Gulf of Tatary , Tatar Strait , Tartar Strait , Strait of Tartar ) is a strait in the Pacific Ocean . It divides the Russian island of Sakhalin from mainland Asia . It connects the Sea of Okhotsk on the north with the Sea of Japan on the south. It is 900 km long, 4?20 m deep, and 7.3 km wide at the narrowest point.

Transportation [ change | change source ]

Vanino, an important port on the Strait of Tartary

Since 1973, a rail ferry goes across the strait. It connects the port of Vanino, Khabarovsk Krai on the mainland with Kholmsk on Sakhalin Island. ^[1]^[2]

References [ change | change source ]

↑ "Vanino Commercial Sea Port" . Archived from the original on 2011-06-11 . Retrieved 2012-09-04 .
↑ Vanino-Kholmsk Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine , on the site of SASCO ( Sakhalin Shipping Company ) (in Russian)

52°11′00″N 141°37′00″E / 52.18333°N 141.61667°E / 52.18333; 141.61667

[1] "Vanino Commercial Sea Port" . Archived from the original on 2011-06-11 . Retrieved 2012-09-04 .

[2] Vanino-Kholmsk Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine , on the site of SASCO ( Sakhalin Shipping Company ) (in Russian)

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