Definition of Kamchatka Peninsula

1. Noun. A peninsula in eastern Siberia; between Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk.

Group relationships: Siberia
Terms within: Klyuchevskaya
Generic synonyms: Peninsula

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kamchatka Peninsula

Kambo
Kamboh
Kambohs
Kamboj
Kamboja
Kambojas
Kamboji
Kambojika
Kambojs
Kambuj
Kambuja
Kambujiya
Kamchadal
Kamchadals
Kamchatka
Kamchatka Peninsula (current term)
Kamchatkan
Kamchatkan sea eagle
Kamchatkans
Kamchukchee
Kamchukotic
Kamehameha I
Kamehameha the Great
Kameron
Kamet
Kami
Kamia
Kamilarai
Kamilaroi
Kammon Strait Bridge

Literary usage of Kamchatka Peninsula

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves by Laura Riley, William Riley (2005)
"... weighing up to 1500 pounds (700 kg)—largest in Russia—roam vast forests and mountains of Kronotsky Zapovednik on the east coast of Kamchatka Peninsula. ..."

2. Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet by C. John Ralph (1997)
"Two young birds were taken in Avacha Bay, Kamchatka Peninsula, ... These were taken from the Kamchatka Peninsula in the middle of August 1889 and in Aniva ..."

3. The Earth and Its Inhabitants by Élisée Reclus (1891)
"The mountains connecting the Kamchatka peninsula with the mainland also form ... In the Kamchatka peninsula itself the western highlands commanding the Sea ..."

4. Vikings of the Pacific: The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the by Agnes Christina Laut (1905)
"And a vessel for inland seas must be constructed to cross to the Kamchatka peninsula of the North Pacific. And the peninsula, which sticks out from Asia as ..."

5. How the World Will Change With Global Warming by Trausti Valsson (2006)
"To the west of this strait is the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula and to the east the US ... Kamchatka Peninsula, which is about the size of Great Britain, ..."

6. Space Handbook: A War Fighter's Guide to Space by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"Located on the far end of the Aleutian Island chain and less than 500 miles from Kamchatka Peninsula, Cobra Dane is perfectly situated for its primary ..."

7. History of Alaska: 1730-1885 by Hubert Howe Bancroft, Alfred Bates, Ivan Petroff, William Nemos (1886)
"Here they landed the two members of the academy for the purpose of exploring the Kamchatka peninsula, and took on board the mate ..."

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