Eastern Range (Kamchatka)

Eastern Range
Восточный хребет
Kizimen Volcano in 2011
Highest point
PeakKlyuchevskaya Sopka
Elevation4,754 m (15,597 ft)[1]
Coordinates53°03′22″N 160°38′39″E / 53.05611°N 160.64417°E / 53.05611; 160.64417[1]
Dimensions
Length600 km (370 mi) NNE / SSW
Width120 km (75 mi) WNW / ESE
Geography
Eastern Range is located in Kamchatka Krai
Eastern Range
Eastern Range
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKamchatka Krai
Range coordinates54°N 159°E / 54°N 159°E / 54; 159
Geology
OrogenyCenozoic orogeny
Age of rockUpper Cretaceous
Type of rockVolcanic rocks

Eastern Range (Russian: Восточный хребет,Vostochny Hrebet) is a mountain range on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Kamchatka Krai, Russian Far East. It is a complex range, mainly consisting of volcanic peaks. Together with the Middle Range, it is one of the two main mountain systems of the peninsula.[2]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference peaklist was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Восточный хребет / Great Soviet Encyclopedia; in 35 vols. / Ch. ed. Yu. S. Osipov. 2004—2017. (in Russian)

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