Okhotsk Plate

American  

[oh-kotsk pleyt, uh-khawtsk] / oʊˈkɒtsk ˈpleɪt, ʌˈxɔtsk /

noun

Geology.

1. a minor tectonic plate formerly thought to be an extension of the North American Plate but now known to exist independently, covering areas of far eastern Russia (including Kamchatka and Sakhalin), northern Japan (including Hokkaido and Honshu), the Sea of Okhotsk, and the Kuril Islands.

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Etymology

Origin of Okhotsk Plate

First recorded in 1970–75