Krenitsyn Strait (

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

: ''Proliv Krenitsyna'';

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: ''Harumukotan Kaikyo'') is a strait that separates the islands of

Onekotan Onekotan (; Japanese 温禰古丹島; Onekotan-tō, occasionally Onnekotan-tō, ) is an uninhabited volcanic island located near the northern end of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Its name is deriv ...

to the north from

Kharimkotan Kharimkotan (); Japanese 春牟古丹島; Harimukotan-tō, alternatively Harumukotan-tō or 加林古丹島; Karinkotan-tō) is an uninhabited volcanic island located from Onekotan near the northern end of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of O ...

to the south. It is 12 km (7.5 mi) wide. The flood

tidal current Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon (and to a much lesser extent, the Sun) and are also caused by the Earth and Moon orbiting one another. Tide tables ...

in the strait sets northwest, while the ebb flows to the southeast. The former creates tide rips and

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. These currents may reach up to four

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.National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. (2014). ''Sailing Directions (Enroute): East Coast of Russia''. U.S. Government, Springfield, Virginia.

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Straits of the Kuril Islands {{SakhalinOblast-geo-stub