Sōya Strait

La Pérouse Strait, or Sōya Strait, is a strait dividing the southern part of the island of from the northern part of the island of Hokkaidō, and connecting the on the west with the on the east.
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  • Type: Strait
  • Description: strait between Sakhalin Island and Hokkaidō, Japan
  • Also known as: La Perouse Strait”, “La Pérouse Strait”, “Soya Strait”, and “Sōya-kaikyō

Sōya Strait

Latitude
45.72222° or 45° 43′ 20″ north
Longitude
142.02667° or 142° 1′ 36″ east
Open location code
8RQ4P2CG+VM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4803362920
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­strait
Geo­Names ID
2123847
Wiki­data ID
Q208054
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Sōya Strait” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: مضيق لا بيروز
  • Armenian: Լապերուզի նեղուց
  • Azerbaijani: Laperuz boğazı
  • Basque: La Perouseko itsasartea
  • Basque: La Pérouseko itsasartea
  • Belarusian: Праліў Лаперуза
  • Belarusian: Праліў Ляпэруза
  • Belarusian: Пратока Ляпэруза
  • Bulgarian: Лаперузки проток
  • Bulgarian: Лаперузов проток
  • Catalan: estret de La Pérouse
  • Catalan: Estret de La Pérouse
  • Cebuano: La Perouse Strait
  • Chechen: Лаперузан хидоькъе
  • Chinese: 宗谷海峡
  • Chinese: 宗谷海峽
  • Chinese: 拉彼魯茲海峽
  • Chinese: 拉彼鲁兹海峡
  • Czech: La Pérousův průliv
  • Czech: Sója
  • Dutch: Straat de la Perouse
  • Dutch: Straat de La Pérouse
  • Dutch: Straat La Perouse
  • Dutch: Straat La Pérouse
  • Dutch: Straat van la perouse
  • Dutch: Straat van la Pérouse
  • Esperanto: Markolo de La Pérouse
  • Estonian: La Pérouse’i väin
  • Finnish: La Pérousen salmi
  • Finnish: Sōyan salmi
  • French: Detroit de La Perouse
  • French: détroit de La Pérouse
  • French: Détroit de La Pérouse
  • French: Détroit de Soya
  • French: Détroit de Sōya
  • Galician: Estreito de La Pérouse
  • Galician: Estreito de La Pérousse
  • Georgian: ლაპერუზის სრუტე
  • German: La-Perouse-Straße
  • German: La-Pérouse-Strasse
  • German: La-Pérouse-Straße
  • German: Sōya-Straße
  • Greek: Πορθμός Λα Περούζ
  • Hebrew: מצר לה פרוז
  • Hungarian: La Pérouse-szoros
  • Indonesian: Selat Laperuza
  • Indonesian: Selat Soya
  • Italian: stretto di La Pérouse
  • Italian: Stretto di La Pérouse
  • Japanese: ラ・ペルーズ海峡
  • Japanese: 宗谷海峡
  • Kazakh: Лаперуз бұғазы
  • Khmer: ច្រកឡាប៉េរូស
  • Kirghiz: Лаперeз кысыгы
  • Korean: 라페루즈 해협
  • Korean: 소야 해협
  • Kurdish: Tengava La-Pérouse
  • Kurdish: تەنگاڤا لا-پéرۆوسە
  • Latin: Fretum Laperousii
  • Latvian: Laperūza šaurums
  • Lithuanian: Laperūzo sąsiauris
  • Malay: Selat La Pérouse
  • Mingrelian: ლაპერუზაშ საროტი
  • Norwegian Bokmål: La Perouse-stredet
  • Norwegian Bokmål: La Pérouse-stredet
  • Norwegian Bokmål: La Pérousestredet
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: La Pérouse-stredet
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: La Perouse-sundet
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: La Pérouse-sundet
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: La Pérousesundet
  • Norwegian: La Pérouse-stredet
  • Norwegian: Proliv Laperuza
  • Ossetian: Лаперузы донкъубал
  • Persian: تنگه سویا
  • Polish: Cieśnina La Perouse’a
  • Polish: Cieśnina La Pérouse’a
  • Polish: Cieśnina Sōya
  • Portuguese: Estreito de La Pérouse
  • Romanian: Strâmtoarea La Pérouse
  • Romansh: Stretga da La Pérouse
  • Russian: Ла Пероусе Страит
  • Russian: Лаперуза пролив
  • Russian: Пролив Лаперуза
  • Serbian: Moreuz La Peruz
  • Serbian: Ла Перузов мореуз
  • Serbian: Мореуз Ла Перуз
  • Slovak: La Pérousov prieliv
  • Spanish: Estrecho de La Perouse
  • Spanish: Estrecho de La Pérouse
  • Spanish: Estrecho de Soya
  • Spanish: Estrecho de Sōya
  • Swahili: La Pérouse
  • Swahili: Mlango wa La Pérouse
  • Swedish: La Perousesundet
  • Swedish: La Pérousesundet
  • Tatar: Laperuz buğazı
  • Telugu: లా-పెరౌసీ జల సంధి
  • Turkish: La Pérouse Boğazı
  • Uighur: لاپېرۇز بوغۇزى
  • Ukrainian: Лаперуза протока
  • Ukrainian: Протока Лаперуза
  • Ukrainian: Протока Соя
  • Uzbek: Laperuz boʻgʻozi
  • Vietnamese: Eo biển La Perouse
  • Vietnamese: Eo biển La Pérouse
  • Vietnamese: Eo biển Soya
  • Vietnamese: Eo biển Sōya
  • Welsh: Culfor La Pérouse
  • Wu Chinese: 宗谷海峡

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