Kamchatka: The far side of the world
The Kamchatka Peninsula 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. Immediately offshore along the Pacific coast of the peninsula runs the 10,500-metre (34,400 ft) deep Kuril-Kamchatka Trench
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.
The climate is colder in the north of the peninsula, but is continental, with cool winters and relatively warm summers. The summer months are popular with tourists when maximum temperatures range from 15ºC (59F) to 30ºC (86F), but a growing trend in winter sports keeps tourism pulsing year-round. The Volcanoes and glaciers play a role in forming of the Kamchatka's climate, and hot springs have also kept alive dozens of species decimated during the last ice age
Although the peninsula lies at similar latitudes to Great Britain, the cold arctic winds from Siberia combined with the cold Oya-Shio sea current result in the peninsula being covered in snow from October to late May.
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 19 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, 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
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. A chain of more shallow earthquakes were recorded as recently as April 2006
Kamchatka boasts abundant flora. The variable climate promotes different flora zones where tundra and muskeg are dominant succeeded by grasses, flowering shrubs and forests of pine, birch, alder and willow.
The wide variety of plant forms spread throughout the Peninsula promotes just as wide a variation in animal species that feed off them. Although Kamchatka is mostly tundra, deciduous and coniferous trees are abundant and forests can be found throughout the peninsula.
Journey to Kamchatka, Russia, 2013
I am Adam from Australia. In July, 2013 I decided to travel to Kamchatka which is located in the Russia Far East. This trip was part of my short, month journey across Russia. Kamchatka remains an isolated and off road location with planes being the most practical means to transport to get there. It is a land full of active volcanoes, mountains, wild and untouched nature and animals. The remote nature of Kamchatka means that traveling around without a guide or proper vehicle/knowledge is very difficult. I booked a tour with a Russian company where it was a young couple from Ukraine and I. In this trip we were mainly based in the small town of Paratunka, outside of the main city Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. We visited 3 volcanoes: Avacha, Gorely and Mutnovsky. Rafted down the rivers and sailed out into the Pacific Ocean. Kamchatka is truly one of the last untouched wonders of the world, unspoiled by both development and tourism. I have a fairly solid knowledge of Russian which has greatly assisted me in traveling in this region.
Дорогие друзья в России. Меня зовут Адам и я из Австралии. Я учил русский язык 2 года в университете в Австралии. В июле в 2013 году я путешествовал по России один и часть путешествия я провел на Камчатке. Я должен признаться что мне очень понравилось это красивое место! вулканы, медведи и дикая природа... я надеюсь что вам понравится мой фильм! :)
Kutkhiny Baty, A Beautiful Valley of Kamchatka Krai, Russia
Kutkhiny Baty, A Beautiful Valley of Kamchatka Krai, Russia
Kutkhiny Baty an amazing place in terms of geology and extraordinary in its beauty, located in Ust-Bolsheretsky district, Kamchatka Krai, Russia, near the place where the river headed originates from Kuril Lake and the lake are formed by large volcanic explosions, First 41,500 radiocarbon years ago and the second around 6440 BC. The huge amount of material ejected during the second explosion, comparable to some of the largest eruptions in recorded history, produced by thick pyroclastic flow deposits around the countryside, and some ash fell more than 1000 km away on the Asian mainland. Thus formed porous rock - pumice. Over time, this place was covered with earth and raised new forests. But things are changing. And the small creek began to grind the rock, and the wind completed the initiative and opened it for public gaze the white cliffs. The beautiful valley Kutkhiny Baty, appears in the middle of the green mountains like an white oasis in this view from the air, it is a natural depression formed by unique rock pumice, also known as pumice.
Name Kutkhiny Baty or Kuthiny baht went legend about the main character of Kamchatka - Kutkh. Usually Kutkh appeared before the people in the guise of a crow. According to ltelmen's or the native tribes also have a legend explaining how the valley was formed – they believed that the valley is a storage place for a god’s canoes. Kutkhu - the Lord and the Creator of Kamchatka - used to live on the Kurile Lake for some time, and used to go fishing on the lake and to the ocean in these canoes. Before leaving Kamchatka, Kutkhu put up his boats Baty, and since then this place has been considered sacred among the locals. There are many stories on this topic, while local artisans can be purchased Kutkh figurines of wood, as well as bone.
The valley is made from whitish pumice stone. Pumice is a very light volcanic rock. Pumice is created when super-heated, highly pressurized rock is violently ejected from a volcano. The unusual foamy configuration of pumice happens. This is how famous Kutkhiny Baty, obelisks made of pumice and resembling gigantic canoes left to dry, look like from a helicopter. Each boat is approximately 16 stories tall. Kurile Lake is a national wildlife preserve and a national monument. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the listings of composition of the volcanoes of Kamchatka.
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Kamchatka - Magic Land of Bears and Volcanoes
This film shows the essence of a trip to Kamchatka with our small travel agency in Austria. We are specialised on Kamchatka and we know the place well! Watch this video - and you won't stop dreaming of this magic place!
B-274 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky enters service with Pacific fleet
Dwarf’s wonderland - Kamchatka Ice Cave HD 2014
Dwarf’s wonderland - Kamchatka Ice Cave 2014 HD 1080p
Kamchatka Ice Cave is located on the Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia. It is almost one kilometre long and was carved out of a glacier of Kamchatka by an underground river sourced from a hot spring originating from the Mutnovsky volcano.
The entrance of this cave is too small and its walls and ceiling are made up of layers of compacted snow and because the snow have been melting in recent years, the roof of this cave is now so thin that sunlight penetrates through it, illuminating it with purple, blue, green and yellow colors from inside and giving it a dwarf’s wonderland like look.
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Russian marines(The city of Vilyuchinsk-Kamchatka)
Unlike other military structures of Russian naval infantry has its own system of unarmed combat (Create a regular Russian naval infantry was associated with the struggle for access to the Russian Azov Sea and Baltic Sea in the late XVII - early XVIII centuries.However, even earlier - in the second half of the XVI century - as crew flotilla set up on the orders of Ivan the Terrible, formed a special team archers (marines), which can be considered the prototype of the Marines [source not specified 866 days].In 1669, the first Russian military sailing ship Eagle had a team of 35 people marines (Nizhny Novgorod archers) led by Commander Ivan Domozhirov designed to boarding-landing operations and guard duty.During the Azov campaigns on ships of the Azov Sea and Baltic fleets have successfully acted as marine units most capable and Transfiguration Semenov regiment, of which the composition was formed Marine regiment (Regiment) in the amount of 4254 people. The commander of the 4th company was registered under the name of Pyotr Alexeyev himself Peter A. Romanov.In the years 1701-1702, the struggle of the Russian army troops acting on small rowing boats (Strugi, sailboat, etc.), the Swedish fleet on lake Ladoga and Lake Peipsi. These squads were formed from the personnel of the service took place in the fleet of army infantry regiments Ostrovsky, Tolbukhina, Tyrtova Shnevetsova and, as a result of a number of boarding battles defeated the Swedish fleet, consisting of large sailing ships that had strong artillery and manned by professional crews. Fighting in these regiments were different boldness, courage and determination.To truly appreciate the role of marine soldiers during the Northern War, Peter I was able, by taking part in boarding combat in May 1703, when the mouth of the Neva were captured by two Swedish ship. The important role played by the Marines in the defense of the island of Kotlin where clearly manifested heroism, courage and bravery regiments Tolbukhina and Ostrovsky, have added many glorious pages in the history of the Russian military.After the defense Kotlin summer 1705 again raised the question of creating the fleet of specially trained marine units.16 (27) November 1705 decree of Peter I, was formed Marine Regiment. This day was the birthday of the Marine Corps Russia.Officers of the Marine Corps came with a non-commissioned officers of the Life Guards and the Semenov regiment, who have been trained, educated and gained combat experience during the Great Northern War. Adopted under Peter I decree On primogeniture and Table of Ranks allowed to form the officer corps of the best representatives of the Russian nation, in particular the nobility, as the basis of Russian autocracy. Overriding rule of Peter I - «In the service - honor came in the flesh and blood of the Russian officers of the Marine Corps XVIII century. Rank and file of Russian marines different social, ethnic and religious homogeneity, which gave it the character of a single organism, fostered a sense of patriotism and of duty to protect the homeland. All these features of the Russian Marines helped maintain a high morale of personnel as opposed to the fleets of the European states, completed with the hiring and representing a variety of on the national and ethnic and religious composition of the troops that it was impossible to teach, nor to lead the fight differently than by brutal drill.In the development and formation of modern combat Marines significant role and achievements belong to General JS Skuratov.The Great Patriotic War [edit] Form and weapons of the Soviet Marines after 1943By the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, the Soviet Navy had only one brigade of marines in the Baltic Fleet, but with the beginning of the war the development and training of troops, battalions and brigades. During the war the Marines who took part in the fighting was about 100,000 people. The military situation demanded sending a large number of Marines on land fronts. During the war, the Marines proved themselves in the defense of Moscow, Leningrad, Odessa, Sevastopol, Murmansk, Stalingrad, Novorossiisk, Kerch. For Service in Battle 5 brigades and two Marine battalions converted into guard, 9 and 6 battalions, brigades were awarded medals, awarded many honorary titles. 122 Marines were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. [1] The only female commander of a platoon of marines during World War II - Guard Lieutenant EN Zavaliy).
Shaman Geyser 3D
Shaman Geyser 3D. The Valley of Geysers, Kronotskiy Reserve, Kamchatka, Russia. August 2011.
4 Wheel Drive river crossing on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
I recorded this video through a roof hatch in the back of a very large converted 4WD Russian military vehicle (it can be seen some of my other videos). The smaller 4WD vehicle you see behind us is our cook with a bunch of our other supplies since the converted military truck we were in only holds a total of 14 people (that includes the driver and one passenger). We made a number of river and stream crossings, throughout southern Kamchatka, in our hiking pursuit around their numerous volcanoes.
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Here are my thoughts about off-road travel (note,
although we crossed a river in this vehicle we followed
a well defined road on each side of it...);
08-21-2011
YEP KAMCHATKA (Nov/Dec 2010) - Arrival
Today the 30th of November, Maricela and I were the day leaders, in charge of coordinating the days activities. So the main things that we have planned to do today were the following: visiting of Mutnovskaya Geopower Station; then snow measurements; and finally the outdoor excursion, snowshoe walking towards Dachniy Hot Springs.
In spite of not being given the authorization to get inside the main building of Mutnovsky Geostation, we were given an outside tour by the manager of station. He briefed us on the history and specific function of it and informed us of the most important fact that this station on output (after using of natural resources: water and steam) gives us back an absolutely ecologically clean product. Also it works in a closed circle, so the same resources are used many times and the last fact is that this station supplies a third of all Kamchatka's needs in electricity. Undoubtedly all these aspects are very important when we are talking about ecologically sustainable development of the Earth. This is a great paragon. That's why this station was built in record time of 2 years.
After the tour of the outside buildings and installations we had an opportunity to make snow measurements directly near the thermal station on the bank of artificial warm (due to thermal water) current. We took a lot of tdifferenet ypes of measurements. We took snow temperatures at different depths, analyzed the structure and size of snow, measured its density and content of water. After this, we started to jump in the snow and a snowball fight started with snowballs, make different ridiculous actions.
Being under a deep impression of Mutnovsky geostation and possibility of producing the energy from natural gas, during our debrief Mike advised us of a prototype of absolutely new way of producing power. It confines of making power from gas, which is produced by man.
Could you ever imaging that here in such unbearable conditions where temperatures can drop down to 30 degrees below zero, blizzards could happen suddenly and weather could change from one moment to the next. In such a place it is possible to grow fruits and vegetables! Dachniy Hot Springs show that marvels can happen in any place. So here among ice-capped volcanic mountains and white high density snow is a small oasis of warmth and life. Steam flows through out the cracks and boiling water flows down the slope, and among all of this there is a place for some plants and bacteria to live.
uzon caldera
short movie about caldera Uzon in Kamchatka (from DJI, maar, geyser, bubbling mud volcanoes, bears).
Небольшой фильм о кальдере Узон на Камчатке (с дрона, съемки маара, гейзера, грязевых вулканов, медведей).
Kamchatka Peninsula
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 about 270,000 km2 (100,000 sq mi). It lies between the Pacific Ocean to the east and the Sea of Okhotsk to the west. Immediately offshore along the Pacific coast of the peninsula runs the 10,500-metre (34,400 ft) deep Kuril–Kamchatka Trench.
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Tourist complex Petrovskaya Sopka. Kamchatka
Marine and humid climate of the urban district with a moderately cold winter, moderately warm, humid summers and sunny autumn, vertical drop to 513,6 meters above sea level creates optimal conditions for the development of sport tourism as a key advantage of tourist area.
With regard to the winter sports city district can provide tourists an opportunity for downhill and cross-country skiing, snowboarding, the opportunity to participate in winter biking, winter types of gold until May, when in other regions of Russia and countries the season has already been completed.
Investment project provides the construction of a tourist complex on a natural hill in the central part of town – Petrovskaya Sopka, linking located in close proximity to the hill port area, which until 2018 will include a marina (construction in progress), the passenger terminal for cruise ships from crossing point across the border of the Russian Federation, and the main resort area on the natural mountainous landscape with total area of 380 hectares.
Maximum vertical height provided on the hill, is 488.6 meters above sea level. The slopes of Petrovskaya Sopka in the summer and autumn period covered with quite lash flora, in winter snow covered up to 25 meters. From the slopes and viewing platforms Petrovkskaya Sopka offers views of Avacha Bay, as well as active volcanoes of Koryak and Avachinsky Sopka, which are around the city
As a part of the investment project proposed the construction of facilities such as:
- A network of ropeway linking the seaport, with intermediate stops for passengers, including a viewing platform;
- Tourist and information center, which includes the final reception center for the passenger of ropeway space, rent of sport equipment, offices, travel agencies, recreation and catering;
- Hotel complex that includes three hotels with 300 rooms each, with additional services in the field of cosmetology, animation, catering;
- Entertainment complex, including a modern cinema, concert hall, restaurants, children’s playroom, indoor rides, winter garden, night club;
- Outdoor and indoor sports facilities, including a swimming pool, volleyball and basketball halls, a hall for indoor soccer, jogging track, playground for summer, winter and mini golf;
- Cottage village, which includes up to 40 mountain chalets, with panoramic views of the bay and attractive volcanoes;
- Ski slopes, across country skiing tracks, bike path, skate park, snowboard park;
- Entrances to the tourist platforms from existing roads, parking areas, capturing parking for stopping and storing of transport.
Estimated cost of Phase 1 of the project includes the construction of these facilities is 20 billion Rubles.
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Kamchatka Trip 2008
This is a short clip of my trip to the base of the Koryaksky and Avacha volcanoes in Kamchatka Russia.
Last 52 seconds of life of 3 lumbermen. kamchatka.
All 3 men dead.
Matnovsky Volcano, Kamchatka
Short Clip I shot in Kamchatka/Russia with a Mavic drone
Uzon caldera bubbles and fumes
Vityaz-Aero Mi-8 Kamchatka helicopter flight report
Vityaz-Aero Mil Mi-8T helicopter at the Kamchatka peninsula Russia. Flight taken 30 July 2019, duration 1 hour, helicopter Mil Mi-8T RA-24408, age: 33 years 7 months.
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The Kamchatka Peninsula (Russian: полуо́стров Камча́тка, Poluostrov Kamchatka, IPA: [pəlʊˈostrəf kɐmˈt͡ɕætkə]) is a 1,250-kilometre-long (780 mi) peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about 270,000 km2 (100,000 sq mi). The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk make up the peninsula's eastern and western coastlines, respectively. 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 322,079 inhabitants are ethnic Russians, but about 13,000 Koryaks (2014) live there as well. More than half of the population lives in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (179,526 in 2010) and nearby Yelizovo (38,980). The Kamchatka peninsula contains the volcanoes of Kamchatka, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.