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    The Kamchatka Peninsula (Russian: полуостров Камчатка, romanized: poluostrov Kamchatka, pronounced [pəlʊˈostrəf kɐmˈt͡ɕætkə]) is a 1,250-kilometre-long...
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    administrative division of the krai, under the name of Koryak Okrug. The Kamchatka Peninsula forms the majority of the krai's territory, separating the Sea of...
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  • list of active and extinct volcanoes in Russia. Volcanoes of the Kamchatka Peninsula of the northwestern Pacific Ocean and the Russian Far East. Volcanoes...
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    The volcanoes of Kamchatka are a large group of volcanoes situated on the Kamchatka Peninsula, in eastern Russia. The Kamchatka River and the surrounding...
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  • provide information of any volcanic activity taking place on the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Kuril Islands of Russia that could become a threat to local...
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    400 sq mi), encompassing the southern half of the Kamchatka Peninsula. The administrative center of Kamchatka Oblast was the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky...
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    Many major earthquakes have occurred in the region of the Kamchatka Peninsula in far eastern Russia. Events in 1737, 1923 and 1952, were megathrust earthquakes...
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  • up Kamchatka in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Kamchatka Peninsula is a peninsula in northeast Russia. Kamchatka may also refer to: Kamchatka Krai...
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    Britannica: "Taymyr Peninsula". Encyclopædia Britannica: "Kamchatka Peninsula". Heos, Bridget (2010). The creation of peninsulas (1st ed.). New York:...
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    as Anadyr Time (ANAT), is a time zone in Russia, named after the Kamchatka Peninsula. It is 12 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+12:00) and 9 hours ahead of Moscow...
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  • Thumbnail for 1952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake
    The 1952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake struck off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula. The 9.0 Mw earthquake triggered a major tsunami that hit Severo-Kurilsk...
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    Kamen (volcano) (category Mountains of the Kamchatka Peninsula)
    southern part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, flanked by Bezymianny and Kluchevskaya. It is the second highest volcano of Kamchatka. List of volcanoes...
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    Northern Expedition (Russian: Великая Северная экспедиция) or Second Kamchatka Expedition (Russian: Вторая Камчатская экспедиция) was one of the largest...
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  • them. Macau Peninsula Hengchun Peninsula [zh] Chukchi Peninsula Faddeyevsky Peninsula Gyda Peninsula Kamchatka Peninsula Mikhailov Peninsula Muravyov-Amursky...
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    The Kamchatka brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus), also known as the Far Eastern brown bear, or in Russian: Камчатский бурый медведь, romanized: Kamchatsky...
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  • The Kamchatka Sled Dog (Russian: Камчатская ездовая собака, lit. 'Kamchatka riding dog') is a rare landrace of sled laika developed by the Itelmen and...
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    Vitus Bering (category History of the Kamchatka Peninsula)
    Tsar to captain the First Kamchatka Expedition, an expedition set to sail north from Russian outposts on the Kamchatka Peninsula, with the charge to map...
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  • (Kamchatka Peninsula) Golovnin (Kuril Islands) Karymsky Caldera (Kamchatka Peninsula) Karymshina (Kamchatka Peninsula) Khangar (Kamchatka Peninsula) Ksudach...
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    Klyuchevskaya Sopka (category Mountains of the Kamchatka Peninsula)
    from the Bering Sea. The volcano is part of the natural Volcanoes of Kamchatka UNESCO World Heritage Site. Klyuchevskaya Sopka is ranked 15th by topographic...
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    surrounding the Sea of Okhotsk, such as Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, the Kamchatka Peninsula, and the Khabarovsk Krai; they have occupied these areas known to...
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    wintering in Okhotsk it moved to the mouth of the Kamchatka River on the east coast of the peninsula. In July–August 1728 it sailed north and then north-east...
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    Koryaks (category Kamchatka Peninsula)
    of the Russian Far East, who live immediately north of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Kamchatka Krai and inhabit the coastlands of the Bering Sea.[citation...
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    approximately 1,300 km (810 mi) northeast from Hokkaido in Japan to Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the north Pacific Ocean...
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    Ichinsky (category Mountains of the Kamchatka Peninsula)
    of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. At 3,607 metres (11,834 ft), it is the highest peak of the Sredinny Range, the central range of the peninsula. Ichinsky...
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    Tolbachik (category Volcanoes of the Kamchatka Peninsula)
    Tolbachik (Russian: Толбачик) is a volcanic complex on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the far east of Russia. It consists of two volcanoes, Plosky (flat)...
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    Cascade Volcanic Arc Aleutian Range Aleutian Islands Aleutian Arc Kamchatka Peninsula Kuril Islands Japan Ryukyu Islands Taiwan Philippine Mobile Belt...
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    Koni Peninsula Lisyansky Peninsula Staritsky Peninsula Kamchatka Hokkaido: Shiretoko Peninsula Sakhalin: Crillon Peninsula [ru] Patience Peninsula Schmidt...
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    There is a population of North Koreans in Russia on the Kamchatka Peninsula. The largest concentration of Koreans currently lives in Yelizovo. The population...
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    Koryaksky (category Volcanoes of the Kamchatka Peninsula)
    со́пка) is an active volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East. It lies within sight of Kamchatka Krai's administrative center, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky...
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    (32 km) from what was then Soviet airspace off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula. The lateral navigation half of the autopilot system of the 747-200...
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