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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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05 pm (1505 GMT) the test warheads hit their targets near the Kura testing site" on the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia's far east, a defence ministry official said, quoted by state news agency RIA Novosti.
3,700-mile distress call from Russia to UK Russiaa"A woman who broke a leg after falling from a horse in the remote Kamchatka region in Russia, was rescued after a distress beacon she carried was set off and the signal was received by an RAF base 3,700 miles away in Scotland.
Kimberley Warren, 20, fell from a horse and broke her leg in the rugged Kamchatka Peninsula - where the only way in or out is by horseback or helicopter.
 
 
 
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