The
Kamchatka Peninsula (,
Poluostrov Kamchatka) is a 1,250-kilometre-long (780 mi)
peninsula in the
Russian Far East, with an area of about 270,000 km
2 (100,000 sq mi). It lies between the
Pacific Ocean to the east and the
Sea of Okhotsk to the west. Immediately offshore along the Pacific coast of the peninsula runs the 10,500-metre (34,400-ft) deep
Kuril–Kamchatka Trench.