Shiveluch, one of the most active volcanoes on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, erupted on Thursday evening, sending ash clouds up to 15 kilometers into the sky and blanketing large areas with dust.

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 ...

The eruption was one of the largest of the 19th century, but the identity of the volcano responsible has long been unclear.

PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, October 22. /TASS/. The eruption of the Bezymyanny volcano on Russia's Kamchatka peninsula began at 08:22 local time (23:22 Moscow time on Wednesday), a spokesman for the ...

The development of inter–regional air service is a priority for Russia. The flight program between Sakhalin Island and the Kamchatka Peninsula is an extremely important means of communication between ...

Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula is a land of superlatives. It is one of the most volcanologically active regions on Earth. It has the world's densest population of brown bears. Next to Yellowstone ...

TASS /. The Kamchatka Region administration are considering three reasons for water pollution off the coast of the peninsula, said the governor of the region Vladimir Solodov on Monday at a briefing.

They are most common on the Kamchatka Peninsula. Each winter, many Steller's sea eagles migrate from their breeding grounds to Japan, and a few reach Korea or even farther afield. Other ...

Seven Worlds, One Planet is back, and episode two is about the largest and most populous continent on Earth: Asia. Asia is massive and covers around 30% of the Earth’s land area. No other ...