Kamchatka Peninsula
peninsula in Eastern Russia between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk
The Kamchatka Peninsula (Russian: полуо́стров Камча́тка, poluostrov Kamchatka) is a peninsula in eastern Russia. It is 1,250 kilometres (780 mi) long. It covers about 270,000 km2 (100,000 sq mi)[1] between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk.[2]
Kamchatka has the Volcanoes of Kamchatka, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
References
change- ↑ Быкасов В. Е. Ошибка в географии // Известия Всесоюзного Географического Общества. — 1991. — № 6. (in Russian)
- ↑ "Kamchatka Peninsula". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
- Gleadhill, Diana (2007), Kamchatka: A Journal & Guide to Russia's Land of Ice and Fire, Hong Kong: Odyssey Books, ISBN 978-962-217-780-2.
- Kamchatka in Full Circle with Michael Pailin. BBC tv. [1]
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