KAMCHATKA PENINSULAR
WHY IN NEWS
An ‘ecological disaster’ of sorts is unfolding on a black volcanic beach of the Kamchatka peninsular in Russian for East, according to a report.
ABOUT
- The Kamchatka Peninsula is 1250 kilometre long peninsula in the Russain For East.
- 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 deep kuril-kamchatka Trench.
- The kanichatka Peninsula, the commander islands, and karaginsky island constitute the kamchatka krai of the Russain Federation.
- The vast majority of the 322,079 inhabitants are ethnic Russains, although about 13000 are koryaks (2014).
- The kamchatka peninsula contains the volcanoes of kamchutka, a UNESCO world Heritage site.