Koryak Mountains

…years) folding extends from the Koryak Mountains of the Kamchatka-Koryak arc along the Sredinny (Central) range on the Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia. The marginal seas of the western Pacific Ocean are bordered by the East Asian islands, which form the line of arcs running from the Kamchatka Peninsula in the…

…the southern end of the Koryak Mountains, and the Penzhina Basin. The relief is rugged and the climate is severe. Vegetation consists of tundra or thin birch forest, with some larch in the Penzhina Basin. The area is very sparsely populated; there are no towns and only several urban settlements,…

…the Kamchatka-Kuril region, where the Koryak and Sredinny mountains rise to 8,405 and 11,880 feet (2,562 and 3,621 metres), respectively, forming a northeast-southwest chain that extends along the Pacific-rimmed Kamchatka Peninsula. The peninsula contains numerous volcanic peaks (many of which are still active), including Klyuchevskaya Volcano