The peninsula has one of the highest concentrations of active volcanoes in the world.
Published Sep 25, 2014
A NASA satellite detected heat signatures from 3 of the 5 active volcanoes on the Russian Peninsula.
Published Jul 5, 2013
Four of the volcanoes erupting on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula are visible in one satellite image.
Published Apr 11, 2013
Four volcanoes were erupting on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula in early April 2010.
Published Apr 5, 2010
Several Kamchatkan Volcanoes, including Shiveluch, Kizimen, and one or both of Klyuchevskaya and Bezymianny show signs of activity.
Published Jul 13, 2012
NASA’s Terra satellite captured four volcanoes erupting simultaneously, only 180 kilometers (110 miles) apart.
Published Feb 3, 2013
Most of Kamchatka’s volcanoes appear quiet in this snowy scene from December 2011.
Published Feb 26, 2012
Shiveluch volcano anchors the northern end of a volcanic chain of more than 100 volcanoes covering the Kamchatkan Peninsula. It is one of the most active volcanoes along the Pacific Rim. In 2001, astronauts aboard the International Space Station Alpha looked north toward Shiveluch’s scarred southern slope to get a unique perspective of the impressive cluster of volcanoes in the Klyuchevskaya group and Shiveluch.
Published Mar 10, 2002
The remote Russian peninsula was covered in snow and unobscured by clouds.
Published Jan 19, 2017
A NASA satellite captured an image of a volcanic plume rising above the Russian volcano.
Published Apr 8, 2013
Shiveluch and Klyuchevskaya volcanoes were busily puffing away in early January 2018.
Published Jan 17, 2018
This photograph of snow-covered volcanoes on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula illustrates one of the unique attributes of the International Space Station—the ability to view landscapes at an angle, rather than the straight down view typical of many satellite-based sensors.
Published Dec 6, 2010
