Krusenstern Street
| Krusenstern Street | ||
|---|---|---|
| Connects waters | Sea of Okhotsk | |
| with water | Pacific Ocean | |
| Separates land mass | Raikoke | |
| of land mass | Lowushki rocks | |
| Data | ||
| Geographical location | 48 ° 24 ' N , 153 ° 34' E | |
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| length | 15 km | |
| Smallest width | 50 km | |
The Krusenstern Strait ( Russian Пролив Крузенштерна ) is a strait in the Kuril archipelago , which runs between the southern island of Raikoke and the Lowuschki rocks . It connects the Sea of Okhotsk with the Pacific Ocean .
The strait was named after the Russian admiral and explorer Adam Johann von Krusenstern .
Web links
- Article Krusenstern-Strasse in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)