Russkaya Koshka
Russkaya Koshka is a spit that divides the Anadyr Estuary from the Gulf of Anadyr. The name literally translates as "the Russian cat"; but in fact, koshka is the dialectal word for "sand spit".Photo: Arkhivov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Spit
- Description: spit in Chukotka, Russia
- Historically known as: “Russian Spit”
Russkaya Koshka
- Categories: spit and landform
- Location: Chukotka, Russian Far East, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Russian—“Russkaya Koshka” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Rus Pişiyi”
- Cebuano: “Kosa Russkaya Koshka”
- Cebuano: “Коса Русская Кошка”
- Chinese: “罗斯卡亚古什卡沙咀”
- Chinese: “魯斯卡亞科什卡”
- Dutch: “Roesskaja Kosjka”
- Japanese: “ルスカヤコシカ”
- Russian: “Коса Русская Кошка”
- Russian: “Русская Кошка”
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