Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano - Russia

Three officials from Russia with the same volcano. Klyuchevskaya Sopka is part of the natural Volcanoes of Kamchatka UNESCO World Heritage Site.

RU-6525243, sent by Anton.
Klyuchevskaya Sopka is a stratovolcano, the highest mountain on the Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia and the highest active volcano of Eurasia.

RU-3639949, sent by Katya.
Its steep, symmetrical cone towers about 100 kilometres (60 mi) from the Bering Sea. 
Klyuchevskaya's first recorded eruption occurred in 1697, and it has been almost continuously active ever since, as have many of its neighboring volcanoes.

RU-5524128, sent by Svyatoslav.
Klyuchevskaya Sopka is considered sacred by some indigenous peoples, being viewed by them as the location at which the world was created. Other volcanoes in the region are seen with similar spiritual significance, but Klyuchevskaya Sopka is the most sacred of these. - in: wikipedia


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