Kamchatkan
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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He believed that there was an abundance of the precious yellow metal on the Kamchatkan Peninsula, just as there was in its twin peninsula, Alaska.
From Panther Eye by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell
On the fifth day after leaving Gizhiga, our small party, increased by a Russian postilion and three or four sledges carrying the annual Kamchatkan mail, drew near the foot of the dreaded Viliga Mountains.
From Tent Life in Siberia by George Kennan
Our time in Petropavlovsk, after the departure of the Olga, was almost wholly occupied in making preparations for our northern journey through the Kamchatkan peninsula.
From Tent Life in Siberia by George Kennan
He demanded promotion or discharge, and withdrew to Finland, where the Czar's Kamchatkan expedition called him from retirement.
From Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
At Sherom, thanks to the courier who had preceded us, we found a boat, or Kamchatkan raft, ready for our reception.
From Tent Life in Siberia by George Kennan
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