Coordinates: 55°39′N 164°33′E / 55.650°N 164.550°E / 55.650; 164.550

Kamchatka Strait

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Location map of Kamchatka Strait between Kamchatka Peninsula and Bering Island.

Kamchatka Strait (Russian: Камчатский пролив) 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.

55°39′N 164°33′E / 55.650°N 164.550°E / 55.650; 164.550