The Volcanos of Kamchatka Peninsula

Kamchatka Peninsula, peninsula in far eastern Russia, lying between the Sea of Okhotsk on the west and the Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea on the east. It is about 750 miles (1, 200 km) long northsouth and about 300 miles (480 km) across at its widest; its area is approximately 140, 000 square miles (370, 000 square km). Two mountain ranges, the Sredinny (Central) and Vostochny (Eastern), extend along the peninsula and rise to 15, 584 feet (4, 750 metres) in Klyuchevskaya Volcano. Kliuchevskaya, active volcano of the Kamchatka Peninsula, far eastern Russia. It is one of the highest active volcanoes in the world, rising to a height of 15, 584 feet (4, 750 m), the highest point on the peninsula.