Numbered locations (altitudes in parenthesis):

1. Kamchatka River
2. Kizimen Volcano (2,485 meters)
3. Komarov Volcano (2,070 meters)
4. Gamtshen Volcano (2,576 meters)
5. Otdelnaya Mountain (1,327 meters)
6. Kronotsky Peninsula
7. Bogachyovka River
8. Kronotskaya Sopka Volcano (3,528 meters)
9. Kronotskoye Lake (373 meters)
10. Kronotskaya River
11. Krasheninnikov Volcano (twin peaks, 1,856 meters) and caldera, about 8 km in diameter
12. boundary of Kronotsky Preserve, in red
13. Taunshits Mountain (2,353 meters)
14. Uson Volcano (1,617 meters) and caldera, about 11 km in diameter
15. Kikhpinytsh Volcano (twin peaks, 1,552 meters)
16. DOLINA GEIZEROV or Valley of the Geysers (ranges from 280 to 445 meters), with area of known geysers indicated in red
17. Shumnaya River
18. Bol. Semlyachik Volcano (1,720 meters)
19. Maly Semlyachik Volcano (1,560 meters)
20. Pacific Ocean

Based on maps and data from the following:
Map of Kronotskiy National Biosphere Preserve, online [http://www.travelkamchatka.com/kronotsky_map.htm]; Online Map Creation, online [http://www.aquarius.geomar.de/omc/]; Kamchatka map (in Russian), online [http://www.travelkamchatka.com/images/10_a.jpg]; NASA images STS009-37-1951 and STS51B-32-86, online, The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth, Office of Earth Sciences, NASA [http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop]; T. Scott Bryan, "The Geysers of 'The Valley of Geysers', Kronotsky National Biosphere Preserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, USSR: A Preliminary Report by the GOSA Expedition of June 28 - July 9, 1991," 1991, GOSA Transactions.

© 2001 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 24 March 2001.
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