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Ekarma Strait

Ekarma Strait is a stretch of water in the Sea of Okhotsk that separates Ekarma at the northwest and Shiashkotan at the southeast. The islands are part of the Kuril Islands chain in the Russian Far East. At its narrowest point, the strait is 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) wide.

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Ekarma Strait (Russian: Экарма пролив) is a stretch of water in the Sea of Okhotsk that separates Ekarma at the northwest and Shiashkotan at the southeast.1 The islands are part of the Kuril Islands chain in the Russian Far East.2 At its narrowest point, the strait is 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) wide.

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References

  1. Snow, Henry James (1897). Notes on the Kuril Islands. J. Murray. p. 72.
  2. Cohen, Saul Bernard; Cohen, Saul (2008). The Columbia Gazetteer of the World: A to G. Columbia University Press. p. 1119. ISBN 978-0-231-14554-1.

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