Litke Strait
Litke Strait (Russian: Пролив Литке, Proliv Litke) is a strait in the Karaginsky Gulf in the Bering Sea, located off the northeastern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, in Kamchatka Krai of the Russian Far East. It separates the Karaginsky Island from the peninsula's mainland.
The strait is named after explorer Fyodor Petrovich Litke.[1]
Coordinates: 59°00′00″N 163°25′01″E / 59°N 163.4169444°EReferences[]
- ^ Butler, William Elliott (1977-12-31). Northeast Arctic Passage. BRILL. ISBN 9028604987.
Categories:
- Straits of Russia
- Straits of the Pacific Ocean
- Bodies of water of the Kamchatka Peninsula
- Bodies of water of the Bering Sea
- Kamchatka Krai geography stubs