alaska

Contact: Vince Stricherz
vinces AT u DOT washington DOT edu
206-543-2580
University of Washington

Caption: In this view of tectonic plate convergence between North America and Asia, the Kamchatka Peninsula lies on the Okhotsk block in the box at the center of the map.

Credit: National Geophysical Data Center/ Jody Bourgeois
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Related news release: Is a Russian peninsula really part of North America?
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-05/uow-iar050206.php



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