"Kamchatka" redirects here. For other uses, see Kamchatka (disambiguation).
Peninsula in the Russian Far East
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Kamchatka Peninsula" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(August 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Kamchatka Peninsula
полуостров Камчатка
Kamchatka Peninsula in the far east of Russia. The highlighted area is the Kamchatka Krai which includes some of the mainland to the north.
Geography
Location
Far East
Coordinates
57°N160°E / 57°N 160°E / 57; 160
Adjacent to
Sea of Okhotsk Pacific Ocean
Area
270,000 km2 (100,000 sq mi)
Highest elevation
4,750 m (15580 ft)
Highest point
Klyuchevskaya Sopka
Administration
Russia
Federal subject
Kamchatka Krai
Capital city
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Demographics
Population
289,033 (2023 estimate)[1]
Pop. density
0.62/km2 (1.61/sq mi)
The Kamchatka Peninsula[a] (Russian: полуостров Камчатка, romanized: poluostrov Kamchatka, pronounced[pəlʊˈostrəfkɐmˈt͡ɕætkə]) is a 1,250-kilometre-long (777 mi) peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about 270,000 km2 (100,000 sq mi).[3] The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk make up the peninsula's eastern and western coastlines, respectively.[2] Immediately offshore along the Pacific coast of the peninsula runs the 10,500-metre-deep (34,449 ft) Kuril–Kamchatka Trench.
The Kamchatka Peninsula, the Commander Islands and Karaginsky Island constitute the Kamchatka Krai of the Russian Federation. The majority of the 322,079 inhabitants are ethnic Russians, with about 13,000 being Koryaks (2014).[4] More than half of the population lives in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (179,526 in 2010) and nearby Yelizovo (38,980). The Kamchatka peninsula contains the volcanoes of Kamchatka, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
^"Предварительная оценка численности постоянного населения на 1 января 2023 г." [Preliminary estimate of the resident population as of January 1, 2023]. Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
^Быкасов В. Е. Ошибка в географии(in Russian) // Известия Всесоюзного Географического Общества. — 1991. — № 6. (in Russian)
^"Kamchatka Peninsula". Government of Kamchatskiy Kray. Archived from the original on 13 October 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).
and 26 Related for: Kamchatka Peninsula information
The KamchatkaPeninsula (Russian: полуостров Камчатка, romanized: poluostrov Kamchatka, pronounced [pəlʊˈostrəf kɐmˈt͡ɕætkə]) is a 1,250-kilometre-long...
administrative division of the krai, under the name of Koryak Okrug. The KamchatkaPeninsula forms the majority of the krai's territory, separating the Sea of...
list of active and extinct volcanoes in Russia. Volcanoes of the KamchatkaPeninsula of the northwestern Pacific Ocean and the Russian Far East. Volcanoes...
provide information of any volcanic activity taking place on the KamchatkaPeninsula and the Kuril Islands of Russia that could become a threat to local...
The volcanoes of Kamchatka are a large group of volcanoes situated on the KamchatkaPeninsula, in eastern Russia. The Kamchatka River and the surrounding...
Many major earthquakes have occurred in the region of the KamchatkaPeninsula in far eastern Russia. Events in 1737, 1923 and 1952, were megathrust earthquakes...
400 sq mi), encompassing the southern half of the KamchatkaPeninsula. The administrative center of Kamchatka Oblast was the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky...
as Anadyr Time (ANAT), is a time zone in Russia, named after the KamchatkaPeninsula. It is 12 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+12:00) and 9 hours ahead of Moscow...
The Kamchatka brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus), also known as the Far Eastern brown bear, or in Russian: Камчатский бурый медведь, romanized: Kamchatsky...
Northern Expedition (Russian: Великая Северная экспедиция) or Second Kamchatka Expedition (Russian: Вторая Камчатская экспедиция) was one of the largest...
The Kamchatka Sled Dog (Russian: Камчатская ездовая собака, lit. 'Kamchatka riding dog') is a rare landrace of sled laika developed by the Itelmen and...
wintering in Okhotsk it moved to the mouth of the Kamchatka River on the east coast of the peninsula. In July–August 1728 it sailed north and then north-east...
from the Bering Sea. The volcano is part of the natural Volcanoes of Kamchatka UNESCO World Heritage Site. Klyuchevskaya Sopka is ranked 15th by topographic...
Tsar to captain the First Kamchatka Expedition, an expedition set to sail north from Russian outposts on the KamchatkaPeninsula, with the charge to map...
surrounding the Sea of Okhotsk, such as Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, the KamchatkaPeninsula, and the Khabarovsk Krai; they have occupied these areas known to...
The Kamchatka Taiga ecoregion (WWF ID: PA0604) is a "conifer island" in the middle of the KamchatkaPeninsula, along the Kamchatka River. It is the easternmost...
со́пка) is an active volcano on the KamchatkaPeninsula in the Russian Far East. It lies within sight of Kamchatka Krai's administrative center, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky...
Tolbachik (Russian: Толбачик) is a volcanic complex on the KamchatkaPeninsula in the far east of Russia. It consists of two volcanoes, Plosky (flat)...
approximately 1,300 km (810 mi) northeast from Hokkaido in Japan to KamchatkaPeninsula in Russia, separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the north Pacific Ocean...
There is a population of North Koreans in Russia on the KamchatkaPeninsula. The largest concentration of Koreans currently lives in Yelizovo. The population...
Plosky) is a large volcanic massif located in the central part of the KamchatkaPeninsula, Russia. It is located at the northwestern end of the Klyuchevskaya...
Global Information
Russia