Strait of Tartary (
Gulf of Tartary,
Gulf of Tatary,
Tatar Strait,
Tartar Strait,
Strait of Tartar, also
Russian: , , and ) is a
strait in the
Pacific Ocean dividing the
Russian island of
Sakhalin from mainland
Asia (South-East
Russia), connecting the
Sea of Okhotsk on the north with the
Sea of Japan on the south. It is long, 4–20 m (13-66 ft) deep, and wide at the narrowest point.