Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

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Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is a major port city and administrative center on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, known for its dramatic volcanic landscape and strategic location on Avacha Bay.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative center
city
port city
administrativeStatus city of krai significance
capitalOf Kamchatka Krai
country Russia
demographics predominantly ethnic Russians
distanceFromMoscow over 6000 kilometres east of Moscow
elevation 0–500 metres
foundedBy Vitus Bering
foundedIn 1740
governingBody Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky self-linksurface differs
surface form: administration of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Urban Okrug
hasClimate subarctic climate
hasEconomicSector fish processing
fishing
shipping
tourism
hasFeature hilly terrain
natural harbor
surrounding volcanoes
hasFunction commercial port
military port
hasPortType ice-free port
hasTransport air transport
sea transport
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageNearby Kamchatka volcanic arc
surface form: Volcanoes of Kamchatka
isOneOf oldest towns in the Russian Far East
isPortOn Avacha Bay
isServedBy Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport
Yelizovo Airport
knownFor dramatic volcanic landscape
fishing industry
strategic naval location
language Russian
locatedIn Kamchatka Krai
locatedNear Avachinsky volcano
Koryaksky volcano
Vilyuchik volcano
locatedOn Avacha Bay
Kamchatka Peninsula
Pacific Ocean
namedAfter Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
surface form: Saint Paul

Apostle Peter
surface form: Saint Peter

ships St. Peter and St. Paul
partOf Russia Far East
surface form: Russian Far East
population over 150000 inhabitants
timeZone UTC+12
usedBy Pacific Fleet
surface form: Russian Pacific Fleet

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Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky governingBody Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: administration of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Urban Okrug
Russia Far East hasMajorCity Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
subject surface form: Russian Far East
Avachinsky isVisibleFrom Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Avachinsky near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Gorely near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Mutnovsky near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Valley of Geysers region nearestLargeSettlement Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Avachinsky overlooks Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky