COUNTDOWN BEGINS - 12 DAYS
There are only 12 days left before our crossing over to Russia and the Kamchatka Peninsula. It is a quick pass through this area, with merely an overnight.
Kamchatka is without exaggeration one of the most spectacular regions in Russia.
Equaling the size of France, Belgium and Luxembourg combined, the Kamchatka Peninsula occupies 470,000 sq. km of land and separates the Sea of Okhotsk from the Pacific Ocean.
One should not confuse Kamchatka with Siberia; this name is used for the peninsula itself and the closest part of the continent, including Karaginsky Island and the Komandorsky Archipelago.
The mountain ridges - Sredinny, Valaginsky, Ganalsky and Kumroch - stretch from the north to the south giving the peninsula the shape of a giant fish.
Lying on the Great Pacific "Ring of Fire", the peninsula is composed of more than 160 volcanoes - 29 of which are still active today. It is quite the geo-thermal area, comprised of volcanic calderas, crater lakes, geysers and mineral springs and stone sculpture "parks" - in pristine condition. With this variety of geothermal activity, cyclones and underground heat, the Kamchatka peninsula is responsible for a mixture of twenty climate zones and a great variety of flora and fauna.
Kamchatka is without exaggeration one of the most spectacular regions in Russia.
Equaling the size of France, Belgium and Luxembourg combined, the Kamchatka Peninsula occupies 470,000 sq. km of land and separates the Sea of Okhotsk from the Pacific Ocean.
One should not confuse Kamchatka with Siberia; this name is used for the peninsula itself and the closest part of the continent, including Karaginsky Island and the Komandorsky Archipelago.
The mountain ridges - Sredinny, Valaginsky, Ganalsky and Kumroch - stretch from the north to the south giving the peninsula the shape of a giant fish.
Lying on the Great Pacific "Ring of Fire", the peninsula is composed of more than 160 volcanoes - 29 of which are still active today. It is quite the geo-thermal area, comprised of volcanic calderas, crater lakes, geysers and mineral springs and stone sculpture "parks" - in pristine condition. With this variety of geothermal activity, cyclones and underground heat, the Kamchatka peninsula is responsible for a mixture of twenty climate zones and a great variety of flora and fauna.
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