Nemuro Strait
Nemuro Strait (Template:Langx), also called Notsuke Strait and Kunashirsky Strait (Template:Langx), is a strait separating Kunashir Island of the Kuril Islands, Russia (claimed by Japan) from the Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaidō, Japan. The strait connects the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the Izmeny Strait (пролив Измены) in the south. It is located on the southeastern borders of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, and Nemuro Subprefecture of Japan. Along the strait runs the border between the two states.[1]
The Strait of Nemuro is approximately Script error: No such module "convert". wide and Script error: No such module "convert". long.[2] The maximum depth is Script error: No such module "convert"..[2] The Japanese towns of Rausu and Shibetsu overlook the strait.
The history of this land is interwoven with the abundant natural resource; salmon. As such it has come to be known as "the mecca of salmon".[3]
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