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Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 53 03 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 53.0500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 158 43 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 158.7167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on landlocked Avachinskaya Gulf; successfully fended off Anglo-French attack during Crimean War 1854; economy based on fishing & ship repair. |
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| Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (preferred,C,V,O,Russian-P)
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| Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy (C,V)
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| Petropavlovsk-Kamčatskij (C,V)
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| Petropavlovsk Kamchatski (C,U)
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| Петропавловск-Камчатский (C,U,Russian)
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| Petropavlovsk (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded by explorer Vitus Bering in 1740 |
| city (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| fish-processing center (C) |
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| inland port (C) |
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