OKHOTSK, a town and province of Eastern Siberia, in the district of Yakutsk. The province consists of a narrow strip of country, along the shore of the sea of Okhotsk, about 1000 miles in length, and varying from 80 to 200 in breadth. It is traversed through its whole extent by the Stanovoi Mountains, which run along the sea coast, and send down a few small streams to the sea. Of these the chief is the Okhota. The climate is very severe; but there are some tracts of pasture-ground and clumps of trees. The rein-deer and the dog are the only tame animals; and furs and timber are the only articles of produce. Fish is obtained along the coasts; and shoals of small whales are occasionally met with. The district is used as a penal settlement for the most incorrigible criminals, with whom and their descendants it is for the most part peopled. Pop. about 7000. The town of Okhotsk stands at the mouth of the Okhota. N. Lat. 59. 21., E. Long. 142. 45. It consists of a collection of ill-built and irregularly arranged log-houses; and has a government house, hospital, church, storehouses, &c. It is the principal station of the Russo-American trading company, who convey furs hither from America, and hence to Kiachta, to exchange for Chinese goods. Pop. 957.