Sunday 6 March 2016

RU-4382794 The highest volcano in Kamchatka - Klyuchevskaya Sopka

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.

The highest volcano is Klyuchevskaya Sopka (4,750 m or 15,584 ft), the largest active volcano in the Northern Hemisphere. Klyuchevskaya Sopka (Russian: Ключевская сопка) is a stratovolcano. Its steep, symmetrical cone towers about 100 kilometres (60 mi) from the Bering Sea. 

This postcard came from Olga (7 March 2016) Postcrossing.

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