KAMCHATKA PENINSULA -UPSC Current Affairs

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The Kamchatka Peninsula is a 1,250-kilometre-long peninsula in the Russian Far East.
The Pacific Oceanand 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 Kuril–Kamchatka Trench.
The Kamchatka Peninsula, the Commander Islands, and the Karaginsky Island, constitute the Kamchatka Krai of the Russian Federation.
The Kamchatka peninsula contains the volcanoes of Kamchatka, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

READ: https://www.iasgyan.in/daily-current-affairs/unesco-world-heritage-sites

PRELIMS PRACTICE QUESTION

Q. Match the following:

1. Kamchatka Peninsula a. Northwest of Russia.

2. Kola Peninsula b. Northwest of Central America

3. Yucatán Peninsula c. Far East Russia

4. Iberian Peninsula d. Southwestern Europe

A. 1-a, 2-d, 3-c, 4-a

B. 1-c, 2-a, 3-d, 4-b

C. 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b

D. 1-c, 2-a, 3-b, 4-d

Answer: D