What is Strait of Tartary?
[[Image:Strait of Tartary.PNG|thumb|The Strait of Tartary connects the Sea of Okhostsk to the Sea of Japan.]] '''Strait of Tartary''' ('''Gulf of Tartary''', '''Gulf of Tatary''', '''Tatar Strait''', '''Tartar Strait''', '''Strait of Tartar''') is a [[strait]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]]. It divides the [[Russia]]n island of [[Sakhalin]] from mainland [[Asia]]. It connects the [[Sea of Okhotsk]] on the north with the [[Sea of Japan]] on the south. It is 900&nbsp;km long, 4–20 m deep, and 7.3&nbsp;km wide at the narrowest point. ==Transportation== [[File:Vanino port.jpg|thumb|right|Vanino, an important port on the Strait of Tartary]] Since 1973, a [[Train ferry|rail ferry]] goes across the strait. It connects the port of [[Vanino, Khabarovsk Krai]] on the mainland with [[Kholmsk]] on Sakhalin Island.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ceebd.co.uk/ceebd/vcsp7.htm |title=Vanino Commercial Sea Port |access-date=2012-09-04 |archive-date=2011-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611173525/http://www.ceebd.co.uk/ceebd/vcsp7.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.sasco.ru/Vanino-Kholmsk-i37 Vanino-Kholmsk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227200309/http://www.sasco.ru/Vanino-Kholmsk-i37 |date=2012-02-27 }}, on the site of SASCO ([[Sakhalin Shipping Company]]) {{in lang|ru}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Coord|52|11|00|N|141|37|00|E|type:waterbody_source:dewiki|display=title}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tartary, Strait of}} [[Category:Straits of Asia]] [[Category:Pacific Ocean]]