Volcanoes of Kamchatka

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UNESCO World Heritage Site
Volcanoes of Kamchatka
Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List
Petropavlovsk Kamcatskij Volcan Koriacky in background.jpg
Location Kamchatka Krai
Type Natural
Criteria vii, viii, ix, x
Reference 765
UNESCO region Asia
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Inscription history
Inscription 1996 (20th Session)
Extensions 2001
Volcanoes of Kamchatka is located in Russia
Volcanoes of Kamchatka
Location of Volcanoes of Kamchatka in Russia.
This astronaut photograph illustrates some of the volcanoes on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula

The volcanoes of Kamchatka are a large group of volcanoes situated on the Kamchatka Peninsula. 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]

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]

File:Zhupanovsky Dzenzursky 2013.jpg
This Landsat photo illustrates volcanic features of recent flows at Zhupanovsky and Dzenzursky volcanoes, Kamchatka

List of volcanoes from north to south

  • Volcanoes of the central range
Name Height (m) Coordinates
Lettunup 1340 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Voyampolsky 1225 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Severny 1936 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Snegovoy 2169 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Ostry 2552 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Spokoyny 2171 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Iktunup 2300 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Snezhny 2169 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Atlasova or Nylgimelkin 1764 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Bely 2080 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Alngey 1853 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Uka 1643 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Yelovsky 1381 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Shishel 2525 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Mezhdusopochny 1641 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Titila 1559 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Gorny Institute 2125 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Tuzovsky 1533 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Leutongey 1333 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Sedankinsky 1241 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Fedotych 965 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Kebeney 1527 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Kizimen 2376 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

See also

References

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  2. ↑ Press Releases - Public Affairs Office - The University of Nottingham
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