Volcanoes of Kamchatka

World Heritage
Russian Federation
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This is one of the world's most famous volcanic regions, with a high density of active volcanoes, a wide variety of types, and a rich variety of associated features. The six sites included in the sequence designation bring together most of the volcanic features of the Kamchatka Peninsula. The interaction of active volcanoes and glaciers has created a beautiful dynamic landscape. The sites have an extremely high diversity of species, including the world's largest known population of salmon and large populations of sea otters, brown bears, and sea eagles.

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This Landsat photo illustrates volcanic features of recent flows at Zhupanovsky and Dzenzursky volc...

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Koryaksky volcano rising above Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

This astronaut photograph illustrates some of the volcanoes on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula

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country Russia
executive body Volcanoes in Kamchatka
Commons category Volcanoes in Kamchatka
topic's main category Category:Volcanoes of Kamchatka Krai

image http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/D0807I14-HarbourTour.jpg
media legend [[Koryaksky volcano]] rising above [[Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky]]