# La Pérouse Strait

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A strait dividing the Russian island of Sakhalin in the north from the Japanese island of Hokkaido, and connecting the Sea of Japan on the west with the Sea of Okhotsk on the east.

## Etymology
After Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, its discoverer.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/la-perouse-strait