Kamchatka Peninsula

Kamchatka is a remote peninsula in Russia's far east that holds roughly thirty active volcanoes within its UNESCO-listed clusters of protected areas, making it one of the most volcanically active regions on earth. The Valley of Geysers, one of the world's largest geyser fields, is accessible only by helicopter from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The peninsula's rivers support some of the densest concentrations of Pacific salmon in the world, drawing Steller's sea eagles and Kamchatka brown bears to congregate at spawning sites in autumn.