Kamchatka Uplands

The Kamchatka uplands form part of the mountainous spine of the peninsula, where volcanic peaks rise between the Pacific and the Sea of Okhotsk. The Sredinny Range extends along the interior, with the wide valley of the Kamchatka River to its east. Snow, steep slopes and isolated river valleys make this a formidable landscape, while the volcanoes that built the mountains testify to the restless geology beneath them.