A military court in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the capital of Russia’s Kamchatka Krai, has sentenced a soldier named Alexey Breusov to a year and eight months in an open prison after finding him guilty ...

Join Steve Backshall on the Kamchatka peninsula and examine brown bears in the wilderness. Skip to Main Content. ... ♪ Almost all of its 400,000 inhabitants live in the capital city-- Petropavlovsk.

Explore the breathtaking beauty of Kamchatka, often called ‘the edge of the world’, with this incredible drone footage. Soar over its remote landscapes, featuring active volcanoes, steaming ...

An avalanche in Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula killed a 19-year-old man and a 44-year-old woman who were part of a larger ski tourist group, Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations said on Tuesday.

This story appears in the August 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. The Kamchatka Peninsula, rugged and remote, is a vast blade of land stabbing southwestward through cold seas from the ...

Kamchatka is home to 29 active volcanoes, part of a vast belt of Earth known as the "Ring of Fire" which circles the Pacific Ocean and is prone to eruptions and frequent earthquakes. Sign up here.

The volcano shot a vast cloud of ash far into the sky that smothered villages in drifts of grey volcanic dust. via REUTERS. About 300,000 people live on Russia’s vast Kamchatka peninsula, which ...

moscow — A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Russia's far-eastern Kamchatka Peninsula early Sunday morning local time, according to the regional earthquake monitoring service.

Associated Press. MOSCOW — A volcano erupted early Tuesday on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, spewing clouds of dust 265,600 feet into the sky and covering broad areas with ash.

A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, leading to the eruption of the Shiveluch volcano. Ash rose up to 8 kilometres above sea level, accompanied by lava flow. No ...

WASHINGTON: A magnitude 7 earthquake struck off the coast of Russia’s far-eastern Kamchatka Peninsula early Sunday morning local time, according to the regional earthquake monitoring ...

Criterion (x): The Kamchatka Volcanoes contain an especially diverse range of palearctic flora (including a number of nationally threatened species and at least 16 endemics), and bird species such as ...