Kamchatka Strait () is a 191 km-wide strait off the mainland coast of Kamchatka Krai in the Russian Far East.
Geography It separates the mainland on Kamchatka Peninsula from Bering Island, one of the Commander Islands group.
Kamchatka Strait connects the Bering Sea in the north with the Pacific Ocean in the south.Overland J.E., Spillane M.C., Hurlburt H.E. and Wallcraft A.J. A numerical study of the circulation of the Bering Sea basin and exchange with the North Pacific Ocean // J. Phys. Oceanogr. — 1994. — Vol. 93. — P. 15,619-15,637.
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