KAMCHATKA PENISULAR: UPSC Daily Important Topic: 15 December 2021

□ WHY IN NEWS ?

An ‘ecological disaster’ of sorts is unfolding on a black volcanic beach of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East, according to a report.

□ ABOUT :-

◇ The Kamchatka Peninsula is a 1,250-kilometre-long peninsula in the Russian Far 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 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, although about 13,000 are Koryaks (2014).

◇ The Kamchatka peninsula contains the volcanoes of Kamchatka, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.