OKHOTSK, Sea of, an inlet of the North Pacific Ocean, between Kamtschatka and Siberia, extending from N. Lat. 50. to 60., E. Long. 137. to 155. From its N. E. extremity the gulfs of Ijghinsk and Perjinsk stretch into the land. Its depth is generally great, and there are few islands. Near the coast it is frozen for 6 months of the year.