Kamchatka Peninsula
Volcanic peninsula in the Russian Far East, part of the Ring of Fire.
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Stretching 1,250 km in length and covering roughly 270,000 km², the Kamchatka Peninsula is located in the Russian Far East.[1] As of 2014, the population stood at 322,079, with ethnic Russians forming the majority and approximately 13,000 residents identifying as Koryaks.[2]
Key facts and history
Large volcanic belts, which contain about 160 volcanoes (29 of which remain active), border the Kamchatka River and its central valley.[3] A large mudslide in June 2007 partially destroyed the Valley of Geysers, which is situated in central Kamchatka.[4] During a dense fog and gale on 24 May 1861, the New Bedford whaling ship Polar Star was wrecked on Kamchatka's western shore.[5] While trying to get to land, the chief officer and a boat's crew died.[5]
During September and October of 2020, Avacha Bay experienced a large-scale death of benthic marine life.[6]
What the cited sources add
The UNEP-WCMC account notes that the flagship species of the Kamchatka Taiga ecoregion is the sockeye salmon.[7] The Kamchatka River is a major spawning ground for sockeye and chinook salmon, and only an estimated 23% of Kamchatka’s conifer region remains undisturbed by logging or recent fire.[7] The UNESCO World Heritage description states that the site contains the greatest variety of salmonids in the world and large concentrations of sea otters, brown bears, and Steller's sea eagles.[8] The UNESCO account also reports that all 11 species of salmon coexist in several of Kamchatka’s rivers.[8]
The climate source describes Kamchatka's climate as decidedly continental, with cool winters and warm summers.[9] According to the same source, hot springs have preserved numerous species that were wiped out during the last ice age.[9]
References
- Wikipedia, "Kamchatka Peninsula" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Быкасов В. Е. Ошибка в географии // Известия Всесоюзного Географического Общества. — 1991. — № 6.; "Kamchatka Peninsula", Encyclopædia Britannica (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kamchatka Peninsula" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Kamchatka Peninsula", Government of Kamchatskiy Kray (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kamchatka Peninsula" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: World Heritage, "Volcanoes of Kamchatka", UNESCO, 1996 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kamchatka Peninsula" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: The World Wildlife Fund, "Natural Wonder of the World Transformed within Hours, says World Wildlife Fund", earthtimes.org, 2007 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kamchatka Peninsula" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Williams, H. (1964). One whaling family. Boston, Houghton Mifflin.; Starbuck, "History of the American Whale Fishery from Its Earliest Inception to the year 1876", Castle, 1878 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kamchatka Peninsula" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Environmental disaster in Kamchatka, Russia www.greenpeace.org; Russia's Environmental Disasters in 2020, October www.themoscowtimes.com; Bondur, "Space Study of a Red Tide-Related Environmental Disaster near Kamchatka Peninsula in September–October 2020", Doklady Earth Sciences, 2021, p. 255–260 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- ((UNEP-WCMC Author Team)), "Kamchatka Taiga – One Earth", One Earth. facts only, no text reused. oneearth.org
- World Heritage, "Volcanoes of Kamchatka", UNESCO, 1996. facts only, no text reused. whc.unesco.org
- "Climate of Kamchatka peninsula". facts only, no text reused. travelkamchatka.com
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- Wikipedia: Kamchatka Peninsula (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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