Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the capital of Kamchatka Krai, is surrounded by three volcanoes - Avachinsky, Koryaksky and Kozelsky. Locals call them "home" and visit them more often than others: they go ...

On Tuesday, the Sochi Olympic flame visited theAvachinsky volcano during itstour of theKamchatkaregion.TheAvachinsky volcano towers above the region at an elevation of approximately 2,741 meters ...

MOSCOW, October 3. /TASS/. The Rusian Investigative Committee began procedural check of information about the mass death of sea animals on the beaches of the Avachinsky Bay of the Kamchatka region ...

Volcanoes are another worry, and of most serious concern are the Koryaksky and Avachinsky craters, both active and in close proximity to Petropavlovsk. The Koryaksky, at nearly 3,500m, provides a ...