Karymsky Volcano, Kamchatka

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The Kamchatka Peninsula  is a 1,250-kilometre peninsula in the Russian Far East. The Kamchatka peninsula contains the Volcanoes of Kamchatka, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Karymsky volcano is a relatively short (1,486 m) and young (6,100years old) volcano, the most active one in Kamchatka. There have been 23 eruptions in this century only, the latest one started in 1996 and was going on for two years gradually fading.

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