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: “La Pérouse Hái-kiap”
  • 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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