Kamchatka (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Kamchatka

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In this view of tectonic plate convergence between North America and Asia, the Kamchatka Peninsula lies on the Okhotsk block in the box at the center of the map.

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National Geophysical Data Center/Jody Bourgeois

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