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Kam·chat·ka

(kăm-chăt′kə, -chät′-, kəm-chyät′-)

A volcanic peninsula of eastern Russia between the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea.

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Kamchatka

(Russian kamˈtʃatkə)

(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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Kam•chat•ka

(kæmˈtʃɑt kə, -ˈtʃæt-)

n.

a peninsula in the NE Russian Federation in Asia, between the Bering Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk. 750 mi. (1210 km) long; 104,200 sq. mi. (269,880 sq. km) wide.

Kam•chat′kan, adj.

Translations

Kamtschatka

Kamtchatka

Kamczatka

Камчатка

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The Shiveluch Volcano of Kamchatka has ejected a pylon of ash 11 kilometers above sea level, TASS reportedly referring to Russian vulcanologists.

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The architecture for Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport's (IATA: PKC) new terminal on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia is to be in the form of a volcanic crater.

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The Russian Defense Ministry has carried out a test launch of the intercontinental ballistic missile RS-24 Yars towards a proving ground in the Kamchatka Peninsula.

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A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.8 off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula triggered a tsunami warning but the threat has now passed, the U.S.

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By: MENA MOSCOW- 27 June 2017: The Russian Defense Ministry said that the Russian Northern Fleet's Project 955 underwater missile cruiser Yuri Dolgoruky has successfully test-fired a Bulava missile from the Barents Sea and hit all the designated targets at the Kura practice range in Kamchatka, TASS news agency reported Tuesday.

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English words that are spelled using these and only these letters are hereinafter dubbed kamchatka words, named for an eastern Russian peninsula.