Search Geography Explorer

Search countries, cities, rivers, lakes, deserts, oceans, islands and more

Fun fact 4 about Sea of Japan

Sea of Japan Map en
ocean

The coldest months in the Sea of Japan are January and February, with average air temperatures of −20 °C in the north.

Sea of Japan
Multiple
Tap to learn more
ocean

Sea of Japan

Multiple

Area
978,000 km²
Location
Multiple
15th largest ocean in the world

The Sea of Japan (see § Names for other names) is the marginal sea between the Japanese archipelago, Sakhalin, the Korean Peninsula, and the mainland of the Russian Far East. The Japanese archipelago separates the sea from the Pacific Ocean.

From the “Climate” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: Sea of Japan Map.png: Chris 73 derivative work: Phoenix7777 (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0