Kamchatka

[ kam-chaht-kuh, -chat-; Russian kuhm-chyaht-kuh ]

noun

1. a peninsula in the NE Russian Federation in Asia, extending S between the Bering Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk. 750 miles (1,210 km) long; 104,200 sq. mi. (269,880 sq. km) wide.

Kamchatka

/ kamˈtʃatkə /

noun

1. a peninsula in E Russia, between the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea. Length: about 1200 km (750 miles)

Other Words From

• Kam·chatkan adjective noun

Example Sentences

Near Kamchatka, in Russia’s far east, a proposed 100-gigawatt tidal power complex that was once thought too expensive is now being reevaluated as a potential hydrogen factory.

From MIT Technology Review

Tata Power won a contract in 2017 to mine coal in Kamchatka, a sub-Arctic region in northern Russia.

From Ozy

We were passing under an arc lamp, and, for the dismay his face showed, I might have said Kamchatka.

From Project Gutenberg

And yet, there were definite signs of land eastward of Kamchatka—driftwood, seaweed, sea-birds.

From Project Gutenberg

That was the question the officers accompanying Bering asked themselves as the white peaks of Kamchatka faded on the offing.

From Project Gutenberg

The thunder of the surf against the rocky caves of Kamchatka coast fades fainter.

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And a vessel for inland seas must be constructed to cross to the Kamchatka peninsula of the North Pacific.

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