North Pacific High Sea

Off southeastern Kamchatka the North Pacific washes a volcanic coast indented by Avacha and Kronotsky bays. Sea otters, whales and seabirds inhabit the waters and rocky shores along the peninsula. In 1729 Vitus Bering's expedition surveyed Avacha Bay and Cape Lopatka on its return from an attempt to find land east of Kamchatka.