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  • A volcanic peninsula of eastern Russia between the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea.

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  • proper noun A long peninsula in the Russian Far East, lying between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk.

Etymologies

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From Russian Камчатка.

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Examples

  • The Klyuchevskaya Sopka, Eurasia's highest active volcano, exploded along with the Shiveluch volcano, 45 miles (70 kilometers) to the northeast, the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry's branch in Kamchatka said, adding that flights in the area had to change course.

    Kamchatka, Russian Volcano, Spews Giant Ash Clouds AP 2010

  • NO. I believe the Wild Salmon Center research in Kamchatka has described and published over 12 different life cycles or histories for sea going rainbows (read, Steelhead) in Kamchatka alone.

    Great Lakers Not Steelhead? Tim Romano 2007

  • I always loved taking 'Kamchatka' when playing Risk (tm) ...

    The Nation: Top Stories 2009

  • Or perhaps a more scarcely heard language, like Chukchi, spoken in northern Kamchatka, the Siberian peninsula renowned for its volcanic wilderness.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • Or perhaps a more scarcely heard language, like Chukchi, spoken in northern Kamchatka, the Siberian peninsula renowned for its volcanic wilderness.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • The missile's warheads reached the Kura testing range on the Pacific Kamchatka Peninsula, some 5,500 kilometers 3,500 miles away, he said.

    Russia Ballistic Missile Test A Success The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • In his features, clean cut as a cameo and almost classic in their severity, there were the power and achievement of his father, and his grandfather, and the one known as the Big Fat, who was captured by the Sea people and escaped to Kamchatka.

    THE STORY OF JEES UCK 2010

  • But he WAS captured by the Sea People, from whom he escaped to Kamchatka, and thence, on a Norwegian whale-ship, to the

    THE STORY OF JEES UCK 2010

  • The islands stretch from Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula to about 15 kilometers from Japan's northern island of Hokkaido.

    Russian President's Visit to Disputed Islands Sparks Japanese Anger 2010

  • The islands stretch from Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula to about 15 kilometers from Japan's northern island of Hokkaido.

    Russian President's Visit to Disputed Islands Sparks Japanese Anger 2010

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