Klyuchevskaya group of volcanoes
The most active area of the planet
Duration:
starting from 1 day
Season:
summer - autumn
Klyuchevskaya group of volcanoes includes 14 volcanoes in total: 4 active and 10 dormant volcanoes. This area has seen astonishing and dramatic natural spectacles, including the most powerful volcanic eruptions of the last century. Klyuchevskaya Sopka which is the highest active volcano in Eurasia erupts fairly regularly.
Transportation:
helicopter, jeep
Activities:
walking routes
observing volcanic activity
There is Dead Forest at the foot of Tolbachik volcano. Nearby, there is a chain of three cinder cones of Northern Breakthrough from 150 to 330 metres high running north-west along Tolbachik dale. The present landscape of the territory is the result of Big Tolbachik Fissure Eruption in 1975-1976.
There is Shiveluch volcano nearby Klyuchevskaya Sopka. It throws ash belches from 3 to 5 kilometres high which severely disrupts aircraft routes, making them change their direction.
If you are in "The Valley of Seven Giants" in good weather, you can observe seven volcanoes: Ushkovsky, Krestovsky, Klyuchevskaya Sopka, Stone volcano, Sharp Tolbachik, Flat Tolbachik and Oval Ziminoy volcano.