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Kamchatka

American  
[kam-chaht-kuh, -chat-, kuhm-chyaht-kuh] / kæmˈtʃɑt kə, -ˈtʃæt-, kʌmˈtʃjɑt kə /

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 British  
/ kamˈtʃatkə /

noun

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

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When a massive earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula in late July, it unleashed a tsunami that raced across the Pacific Ocean.

From Science Daily Jun. 25, 2026

In Kamchatka, a peninsula located almost 4,500 miles from the front lines in Ukraine that hasn’t been struck by drones, the regional governor has appealed to Moscow to lift the restrictions.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 14, 2026

Earlier this month, Russia's far east Kamchatka region declared an emergency situation due to a massive snowstorm that left its major city partially paralysed.

From Barron's Jan. 29, 2026

Kamchatka Governor Vladimir Solodov described it as the most powerful earthquake the region has experienced in decades.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2025

The explorer Martin Sauer, who visited Kamchatka five years after Cook’s expedition, discovered that the Russian government had at last ventured into the former epidemic zone.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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