Names for a British Siberian Dominion

I was going to suggest British Overseas Asiatic Territories. Then I realized that spells "B.O.A.T."

I was also thinking "St. George's Land", although I admit I have absolutely no logical reason for it except that I like the sound of it. I suppose "King George's Land" is more likely (depending on the name of the monarch at the time of founding, of course).
 
Maybe Britain commits more to the Pacific theatre of the Crimean War, takes Alaska along with some of the Russian Far East (I'm thinking Sakhalin Oblast and East of the Kolyma River).

I'm thinking the Province of Sakhalin and Kamchatka (yes, together, Newfoundland and Labrador style).
 
I already knew the difference between Siberia and the Far East, thanks. I considered delineating between the two in my op but figured it would be a fairly obvious extrapolation given I’ve said, and I rebeat, this could be repository for any British Siberia. I think most would assume it’d include the Far East in some respect, or even be mostly Far East, as otherwise it would be basically inaccessible to the British. I don’t think it would befuddle anyone who took the premise at face value as to what I meant as it was a simple question, but I’ll try to be more fastidious in future.
In that case the question is to a certain degree self-defeating because the names you (and me) are using are already the English versions of the original names: Siberia instead of Сибирь, Far East instead of Дальний Восток, Bering Strait instead of Берингов пролив, etc. Why would the Brits change them? They can change names of some towns.
 
IIRC Russia had settlements there and didn't recognize the Japanese claim to the entire island, so It would be a valid target no?
It would be a valid target anyway because Japan of that time would not be able to resist: Meiji restoration was more than a decade away.

But your idea about Kamchatka is solid: during the CW the allied squadron laid siege on Petropavlovsk but both attempts to land had been repelled with considerable losses (this is a little bit confusing because some sources are talking about single attempt and some about 2). So with a larger force they could be successful. Of course, the long-term possession is a different story.

IIRC in Alaska they burned Sitka but did not bother to do more which should give an idea about the anticipated value of that territory (and IIRC there was a neutrality agreement between RAC and Hudson Bay Company, Alaska formally not being a part of the Russian empire).
 
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British Lamutia (Named after the Lamut, or Even peoples, living in the Okhotsk sea region)?
Variants:
  1. British Lamuthy
  2. British Lamoutia
  3. British Lamoutland
Were Germans to take over , I can imagine the area being called Lamuttland, or potentionally we could have a Lamoutie francaise...
 
Maybe Britain commits more to the Pacific theatre of the Crimean War, takes Alaska along with some of the Russian Far East (I'm thinking Sakhalin Oblast and East of the Kolyma River).

I'm thinking the Province of Sakhalin and Kamchatka (yes, together, Newfoundland and Labrador style).

If Britain is serious about mucking about in the Far East the they probably just give it to Japan because Japan claimed it in 1845.
 
What's Japan going to do about it?

Probably nothing, but I don't think Britain would want it. If they're out kneecapping Russia they're going to invite everyone in on the action. Why bother with another colony in the Pacific when you just nabbed two (Alaska and the NW Pacific) and this is something Japan wants and still suits your goals of carving up the Russian bear?
 

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If Siberia is already an established term for the region in English, I can't see Britain renaming it unless there was a serious anti-Russian movement. But, if there was a push to rename it, one option which always works is adding New to some British place name. One such name I like, as kind of absurd as the name would be, is New North Wales to go along with Australia's New South Wales.
Wouldn't it make more sense to rename the Russian far east after somewhere more cold and miserable? New Shetland for instance.
 
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