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Kamchatka

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Kam·chat·ka  (km-chtk, -chät-, km-chyät-)
A peninsula of eastern Russia between the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea. It was first explored in the 18th century.

Kamchatka (Russian) [kamˈtʃatkə]
n
(Placename) a peninsula in E Russia, between the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea. Length: about 1200 km (750 miles)


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I made the first example (right) in a Chukchi fishing camp on Siberia's Kamchatka Peninsula.
The remains of their aircraft, including four bodies, were discovered by Soviet inspectors in 1962 in the desolate mountains of the Kamchatka peninsula.
While mining defines the economies of Sakha, Magadan and Chukotka, fishing is dominant in Kamchatka and Koryakia.
 
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