The volcanoes of Kamchatka are a large group of volcanoes situated on the Kamchatka Peninsula, in eastern Russia. The Kamchatka River and the surrounding central side valley are flanked by large volcanic belts containing around 160 volcanoes, 29 of them still active. The peninsula has a high density of volcanoes and associated volcanic phenomena, with 29 active volcanoes being included in the six UNESCO World Heritage List sites in the Volcanoes of Kamchatka group, most of them on the Kamchatka Peninsula.[1]

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Volcanoes of Kamchatka

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Koryaksky volcano rising above Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Location	Kamchatka Krai, Russia
Includes	Kronotsky Strict Nature Reserve Southern Kamchatka Wildlife Reserve Nalychevo Regional Nature Park Bystrinsky Regional Nature Park Southern Kamchatka Regional Nature Park Kluchevskoy Regional Nature Park
Criteria	Natural: (vii)(viii)(ix)(x)
Reference	765bis
Inscription	1996 (20th Session)
Extensions	2001
Area	3,830,200 ha (14,788 sq mi)
Coordinates	56°20′N 158°30′E
Location of Volcanoes of Kamchatka in Russia

Geography

The highest volcano is Klyuchevskaya Sopka (4,750 m or 15,584 ft), the largest active volcano in the Northern Hemisphere,[2] while the most striking is Kronotsky, whose perfect cone was said by celebrated volcanologists Robert and Barbara Decker to be a prime candidate for the world's most beautiful volcano. Somewhat more accessible are the three volcanoes visible from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: Koryaksky, Avachinsky, and Kozelsky. In the center of Kamchatka is Eurasia's world-famous Geyser Valley which was partly destroyed by a massive mudslide in June 2007.[3]

Owing to the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench, deep-focus seismic events and tsunamis are fairly common. A pair of megathrust earthquakes occurred off the coast on October 16, 1737, and on November 4, 1952, in the magnitude of ~9.3 and 8.2 respectively.[4] A chain of more shallow earthquakes were recorded as recently as April 2006.[5]

List of volcanoes from north to south

• Kluchevskaya group
  • Shiveluch, 3307 m
  • Klyuchevskaya Sopka
  • Bezymianny
• Kronotsky
• Avachinskaya group
  • Aag
  • Arik
  • Koryaksky
  • Avachinsky
  • Kozelsky
• Ksudach
• Ilyinsky
• Kambalny
• Karymsky Kamchatka's most active and continuously erupting volcano

Out of sequence:

• Tolbachik
• Komarov
• Zhupanovsky

See also

• List of volcanoes in Russia

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Volcanoes in Kamchatka.

• Holocene Volcanoes in Kamchatka, Institute of Volcanology and Seismology Kamchatka, Russia

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[fr] Volcans du Kamtchatka

[it] Vulcani della Kamčatka