Avacha Bay
The second largest bay of the planet Earth
The Avacha Bay is the second largest (after Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro) bay of the planet. Its diameter is 24 km (16 mi), the depth 26 m (85 ft), and the water surface area ...
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Avachinsky Volcano
"Volcanoes of Kamchatka" cluster "Nalychevo"
Avachinsky Volcano (2751 m / 9026 ft) is one of the «domestic» volcanoes located in 30 km (19 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. This giant is magnificent and its slopes are ...
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Beringiya
The annual Sled Dog Race
Beringiya is the traditional Kamchatka Sled Dog Race. Why traditional? It’s because this is the only race in the world that has revived and successfully preserves the traditional national way of life ...
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Dead forest
"Volcanoes of Kamchatka" cluster "Klyuchevskoy"
Dead forest is a monument of nature. It appeared as a result of a volcanic eruption of Plosky Tolbachik in 1975-76. During the eruption, ashes from the volcano covered the nearby forest ...
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Eruption of Plosky Tolbachik Volcanic 2012
"Volcanoes of Kamchatka" cluster "Klyuchevskoy"
On 27 November 2012 the most powerful eruption, which was expected to happen in 200 years, started on the slopes of Tolbachik Range. Neither volcanologists nor ordinary people expected such ...
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Even' National Ensemble
Concert in the ethnic village
Evens live right in the middle part of Kamchatka, surrounded by rivers and glaciers of the Middle Ridge. They avoided the northern areas to settle on deserted but fertile soils ...
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Gorely Volcano
The active volcano
Gorely Volcano (1845 m / 6053 ft) is a newly formed giant in the caldera of an ancient destroyed volcano. It contains eleven craters. Prior to the eruption of 1986 nine of them were filled with lakes ...
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GTFE 1975-1976
The Largest Basaltic Eruption of the XX Century
The Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption (GTFE) began on 6 July 1975 and ended a year and a half later – on 10 December 1976. It consists of two areas of scoria cones. First appeared in 18 km ...
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Hot Springs
Water of volcanic origin
Geothermal springs are among the riches of Kamchatka. There are about 150 groups of thermal manifestations here. They all have diverse chemical compositions and healing properties ...
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Ichinsky Volcano
"Volcanoes of Kamchatka" cluster "Bystrinsky"
Ichinsky Volcano (3621 m / 11880 ft) is situated on the territory of the protected Nature Park. This is one of the two active and the highest volcano on Sredinny Hrebet (median ridge): the volcano has two ...
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Kambalnoye Lake
A place where bears live
Kambalnoye Lake is wild and harsh Kamchatka, like it was hundreds of years ago. At that time the peninsula was inhabited only by natives, and there were no benefits of civilization. But there was ...
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Kamchatka Rivers
Fishing / Alloys
It makes no sense to tell about all the rivers of Kamchatka right now. There are more than 14 thousand of them. The largest of them are the Kamchatka (758 km / 471 mi), the Penzhin ...
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Karymsky Volcano and Karymsky Lake
Often erupting
Karymsky Volcano (1536 m / 5039 ft) is located in the central part of the eastern ridge, on the border with Kronotsky Nature Reserve. It’s a typical stratovolcano. Despite not being very high, the power of ...
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Khodutinskiye Hot Springs and Ksudach Volcano
"Volcanoes of Kamchatka" cluster "South Kamchatka"
Khodutinskiye Hot Springs is a unique geothermal object, located at the foot of Khodutka Volcano. It is the longest thermal watercourse on the peninsula (about one kilomemer long). The three ...
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Klyuchevskoy Natural Park
"Volcanoes of Kamchatka" cluster "Klyuchevskoy"
Klyuchevskoy Nature Park was named after the highest active volcano of Eurasia: Klyuchevskaya Sopka (4750 – 4900 m / 15584 – 16076 ft). The park is incorporated into UNESCO’s World Heritage ...
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Klyuchevskoy Volcano
"Volcanoes of Kamchatka" cluster "Klyuchevskoy"
Klyuchevskaya Sopka is the highest active volcano in Europe and Asia. Its height constantly changes (4750 – 4900 m / 15584 – 16076 ft). It has to do with incessant eruptions of the volcano. With each ...
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Koryaksky Volcano
"Volcanoes of Kamchatka" cluster "Nalychevo"
Koryaksky Volcano (3456 m / 11339 ft) is the highest volcano in the southern part of Kamchatka and one of the «domestic» volcanoes of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Its slopes are very steep ...
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Kurile Lake
One of the world's largest spawning pond of sockey
South Kamchatka Federal Wildlife Sanctuary (Yuzhno-Kamchatsky federalny zakaznik) is incorporated into UNESCO’s World Heritage Site. Regulations pertaining to conduct in the sanctuary are strict and close ...
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Kuthiny Baty
Kurile Lake
Kuthiny Baty (a pumice-rock formation) is a monument of nature. If the name is translated literally, it means «Boats of God Kuth». Kuth is the main god of Itelmen, indigenous people of the peninsula. As the ...
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Mutnovsky Volcano
"Volcanoes of Kamchatka" cluster "South Kamchatka"
Mutnovsky Volcano (2323 m / 7621 ft) is 80 km (50 miles) away from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. It has four merged cones. The volcano has fumarole fields that are probably the most powerful in Kamchatka ...
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Nalychevo Natural Park
"Volcanoes of Kamchatka" cluster "Nalychevo"
The park is a UNESCO’s World Natural Heritage Site. There are 12 volcanoes here; four of them are currently active, and there are about 100 outlets of hot and mineral waters. The park is very diverse ...
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Pacific Ocean and Khalaktyrsky Beach
One of the few black beaches of the planet
Who among us has not dreamed to find him / herself on the coast of an ocean: to see the blue expanse merging with celestial line and to feel the power of the waves rolling upon you. In Kamchatka, ...
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Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
The capital of the Kamchatka Territory
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is the administrative center of Kamchatka Krai. It’s the largest city on the peninsula. Total population of the city is 182 thousand people. The city stretches ...
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Plosky Tolbachik Volcano
"Volcanoes of Kamchatka" cluster "Klyuchevskoy"
Plosky Tolbachik (3082 m / 10112 ft) is adjacent to the extinct Ostry Tolbachik Volcano (3685 m / 12090 ft). Together they make up a large volcanic range on the territory of Klyuchevskoy Park. The top of ...
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Reindeer Herds
"Volcanoes of Kamchatka" cluster "Bystrinsky"
The indigenous peoples of Kamchatka, despite their fewness, preserve traditional lifestyle. The past few years saw a resurgence of national holidays. This should help indigenous peoples not ...
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Russkaya Bay
Rookery of sea lions
Russkaya Bay is a fjord type and located on the southeast coast of the peninsula, south of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The bay is quite deep and narrow. It has large reserves of fresh water, this ...
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Vachkazhets Mountain Range
Ruined ancient volcano
Vachkazhets Mountain Range is located 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. It’s truly a monument of nature. Many consider the range one of the most fascinating places of the ...
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Valley of Geysers and Uzon Caldera
Kronotsky Reserve
The Valley of Geysers is located in the Kronotsky Nature Reserve; the valley was discovered on 25 July 1941 by Tatiana Ustinova, the reserve’s hydrologist. It is an eight-kilometer long gorge, its width ...
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Vilyuchnsky Volcano
Dormant volcano
Vilyuchinsky Volcano (2175 m / 7136 ft) is located to the southwest of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, on the other side of the Avacha Bay. It is a monument of nature and partly situated on the territory ...
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