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03-09-2011, 08:56 AM
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Kronotsky Nature Reserve
Kronotsky (Кроноцкий) Nature Reserve (also: Kronotsky Biosphere Zapovednik) is a nature area reserved for the study of natural sciences in the remote Russian Far East, on the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula.[1] It was created in 1934 and its current boundary contains an area of 10,990 km² (4,243 square miles). It also has Russia's only geyser basin, plus several mountain ranges with numerous volcanoes, both active and extinct, including Eurasia's highest active volcano Klyuchevskaya Sopka (Kliuchevskoi Sopka), which rises to a peak height of 4,750 m (15,584 feet). Due to its often harsh climate and its mix of volcanoes and geysers, it is frequently described as the Land of Fire and Ice. It is mainly accessible only to scientists, plus approximately 3,000 tourists annually who pay a fee equivalent to US$700 to travel by helicopter for a single day's visit. Over 750 plant species grow in the reserve, which has volcanoes rising up to a height of over 3,510m (11,500 feet).                              · |
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03-10-2011, 12:23 PM
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Re: Kronotsky Nature Reserve
Wow, wonderful photos! I love the rabbit ones, but they are all incredibly nice, it's very hard to say which one is my fav!  |
