Peanut Hole

International zone of the Sea of Okhotsk

The International zone of the Sea of Okhotsk (Russian: международная зона Охотского моря, romanized: mezhdunarodnaya zona Okhotskogo morya), known by its nickname the Peanut Hole, is an area of international waters at the center of the Sea of Okhotsk. From 1991 to 2014, its status was the subject of international disputes. Since March 2014, the Peanut Hole's seabed and subterranea are legally part of the continental shelf of Russia.

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