The Kamchatka Peninsula 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). The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk make up the peninsula's eastern and western coastlines, respectively. Immediately offshore along the Pacific coast of the peninsula runs the 10,500-metre-deep (34,449 ft) Kuril–Kamchatka Trench.
Topography of the Kamchatka Peninsula
The eruption of Klyuchevskaya Sopka
The lake-filled Akademia Nauk caldera, seen here from the north with Karymsky volcano in the foreground.
Koryaksky volcano towering over Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
A peninsula is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most sides. Peninsulas exist on all continents. The largest peninsula in the world is the Arabian Peninsula.
Floridian Peninsula
Scandinavian Peninsula
Arabian Peninsula
Antarctic Peninsula