{"id":63267,"date":"2021-12-15T07:39:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T07:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=63267"},"modified":"2021-12-15T07:39:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T07:39:50","slug":"kamchatka-penisular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/kamchatka-penisular\/","title":{"rendered":"KAMCHATKA PENISULAR: UPSC Daily Important Topic: 15 December 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p><strong>\u25a1 WHY IN NEWS ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An \u2018ecological disaster\u2019 of sorts is unfolding on a black volcanic beach of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East, according to a report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u25a1 ABOUT :-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25c7 The Kamchatka Peninsula is a 1,250-kilometre-long peninsula in the Russian Far East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25c7 The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk make up the peninsula\u2019s eastern and western coastlines, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25c7 Immediately offshore along the Pacific coast of the peninsula runs the 10,500-metre-deep Kuril\u2013Kamchatka Trench.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25c7 The Kamchatka Peninsula, the Commander Islands, and Karaginsky Island constitute the Kamchatka Krai of the Russian Federation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25c7 The vast majority of the 322,079 inhabitants are ethnic Russians, although about 13,000 are Koryaks (2014).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25c7 The Kamchatka peninsula contains the volcanoes of Kamchatka, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u25a1 WHY IN NEWS ? 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