Nemuro Strait

Nemuro Strait, also called Notsuke Strait and Kunashirsky Strait (Russian: Кунаширский пролив), is a strait, located at 44°N 145.3°E / 44; 145.3, 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 24 kilometres (15 mi) wide and 74 kilometres (46 mi) long.[2] The maximum depth is 2,500 metres (8,200 ft).[2] The Japanese towns of Rausu and Shibetsu overlook the strait.