Kamchatka peninsula Ushakov Fedor Megion 2012 Why

Kamchatka peninsula Ushakov Fedor Megion 2012

Why I chose to report on the Kamchatka? I think that Kamchatka is very beautiful and unique place. It fascinates with its forests and volcanoes. Kamchatka area is relatively young, as it is located on the edge of Russia. people have little interest in the remote corners of the planet and so I decided to prepare a report of Kamchatka

Kamchatka bay The first mention of Kamchatka was in 1951. While efforts were made to create maps of Siberia. In 1729, Vitus Bering Kamchatka skirted the south, opening the Gulf of Kamchatka and Avacha Bay.

Basic information about Kamchatka The Kamchatka Peninsula is a 1, 250 -kilometre (780 mi)peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about 270, 000 km 2 (100, 000 sq mi). It lies between the Pacific Ocean to the east and the Sea of Okhotsk to the west. Immediately offshore along the Pacific coast of the peninsula runs the 10, 500 -metre (34, 400 ft) deep Kuril. Kamchatka Trench.

Kamchatka - the subject of the Russian Federation, is a member of the Far Eastern Federal District. The administrative center - the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Bordered on the north-west of Magadan region, in the north - with the Chukotka Autonomous District, in the south through the First Kuril Strait with Sakhalin Region.

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 Russians, but there also about 8, 743 Koryaks (2002). More than half of the population lives in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (179, 526 people in 2010) and nearby Yelizovo (38, 980).

The Kamchatka Peninsula is a seismically active zones Russia

Snowfall The Kamchatka peninsula contains the volcanoes of Kamchatka, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Kamchatka receives up to 2, 700 mm (110 in) of precipitation per year. The summers are moderately cool, and the winters tend to be rather stormy with rare amounts of lightning.

Politically, the peninsula is part of Kamchatka Krai. The southern tip is called Cape Lopatka. The circular bay to the north of this on the Pacific side is Avacha Bay with the capital, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. North up the Pacific side, the four peninsulas are called Shipunsky Point, Kronotsky Point, Kamchatsky Point and Ozernoy Point. North of Ozernoy is the large. Karaginsky Bay and island. Northeast of this off the map is Korfa Bay with the town of Tilichiki. On the opposite side is

I would not want to live on the Kamchatka Peninsula, as it is very distant from Europe. Definitely go there, I would like, but that's all.