Smoke and fumes from inside Gorely volcano near Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, Russia
Gorely Volcano, located near Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, Russia, was active at the time I made this recording but still accessible. The Kamchatka Peninsula is located in far eastern Russia well north of Japan. MY CMC friends and I took advantage of numerous hikes in and around the volcanoes located in that part of Kamchatka.
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08-29-2011
Violent Volcanic Eruption Mt. Shiveluch Volcano Kamchatka Russia
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-The Kamchatka Peninsula - (Russian: полуо́стров Камча́тка, poluostrov Kamchatka) is a 1,250-kilometre (780 mi) peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of 472,300 km2 (182,400 sq mi). It lies between the Pacific Ocean to the east and the Sea of Okhotsk to the west.[1] Immediately offshore along the Pacific coast of the peninsula runs the 10,500-metre (34,400 ft) deep Kuril-Kamchatka Trench.
The Kamchatka Peninsula, the Commander Islands, and Karaginsky Island constitute the Kamchatka Krai of the Russian Federation. The vast majority of the 402,500 inhabitants are Russians, but there are also about 8,743 Koryaks. More than half of the population lives in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (198,028 people) and nearby Yelizovo (41,533).
The Kamchatka peninsula contains the Volcanoes of Kamchatka, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Kamchatka receives up to 2,700 mm (110 in) of precipitation per year. The summers are moderately cool, and the winters tend to be rather stormy with rare amounts of lightning.