Boussole Street

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Boussole Street
Map of the Middle Kuril Islands with Russian names. In the center of the picture is the elongated island of Simushir. Boussole Street runs south of it.
Map of the Middle Kuril Islands with Russian names. In the center of the picture is the elongated island of Simushir. Boussole Street runs south of it.
Connects waters Sea of ​​Okhotsk
with water Pacific Ocean
Separates land mass Simushir
of land mass Tschirpoi , Broutona
Data
Geographical location 46 ° 42 ′  N , 151 ° 21 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 42 ′  N , 151 ° 21 ′  E
Boussole Street (Sakhalin Oblast)
Boussole Street
length 30 km
Smallest width 68 km

The Boussole Strait ( Russian Буссоль ) is a strait between the Kuril Islands Simuschir in the northeast and Tschirpoi and Broutona in the southwest. It connects the Okhotsk Sea to the west with the Pacific Ocean in the east. Its width is 68 km.

The strait is named after the ship La Boussole ( French for “compass”), one of the two ships with which Jean-François de La Pérouse explored the Pacific region.

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