glutamic acid. noun, Biochemistry. 1. an amino acid, HOOCCH 2 CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, obtained by hydrolysis from wheat gluten and sugar-beet residues, used commercially chiefly in the form of its sodium salt to intensify the flavor of meat or other food.
Raikoke (Russian: ÑÐ°Ð¹ÐºÐ¾ÐºÐµ, Japanese: é·å¬è¨å³¶), also spelled Raykoke, is an uninhabited volcanic island near the centre of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean, 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) across Golovnin Strait from Matua. Its name is derived from the Ainu language, from âhellmouthâ.
Map of Sea of Okhotsk - Sea of Okhotsk Map, History Location, Sea of Okhotsk Facts. Sea of Okhotsk. Positioned between the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Russian coastline, Sakhalin Island, the Japanese island of Hokkaido and the Kuril Islands, the Sea of Okhotsk is an extension of the North Pacific Ocean. In this northern sea winter navigation is usually difficult, and at times impossible due to ice.