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geyser field on Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, and has the second

largest concentration of geysers in the world. This 6 km long basin with approximately ninety geysers and many hot springs is situated on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East. Temperatures have been found to be 250 °C. It is part of the Kronotsky Nature Reserve. The valley is difficult to reach. Over thirty geysers were given names; among these was the Giant geyser (Velikan), capable of producing a jet of water reaching up to 40 meters. From the 1980s, the area was promoted across the USSR as one of the tourist magnets of Kamchatka and the Russian Far East. 2008 the valley of Geysers came to the list of 7 wonders of Russia.

Troynoy, Konus, Maliy, Bolshoy and others

Its length is 636 km.
Lake Baikal

is th oldest lake in the world.

поверхностных пресных вод.

животных, из которых 2/3 являются эндемиками, т.е. нигде больше не

встречаются

нерпа

Seven Strong Men Rock Formations or Poles of the Komi

Republic are a set of 7
gigantic abnormally shaped stone pillars located west of the Ural mountains in the Troitsko-Pechorsky District of the Komi Republic.These monoliths are around 30 to 42 m high and jut out of a hilly plateau formed through the weathering effects of ice and winds.

an entourage of Samoyeds giants walking through the mountains to

Siberia in order to destroy the Mansi people. However, upon seeing the holy Mansi mountains, the shaman of the giants dropped his drum and the entire team froze into the stone pillars. Deemed one of the Seven Wonders of Russia, the Manpupuner rock formations are a very popular attraction in Russia.

Caucasus mountains, in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay–Cherkessia of Russia, near the

border with Georgia.

Elbrus

in Europe,
and it is the tenth highest in the

world.Elbrus has two summits, both of which are dormant volcanic domes..

Mt. Elbrus stands at 5,642 meters; the east summit is
5,621metres. Elbrus stands 20 km north of the main range of the Greater Caucasus and 65 km south-southwest of the Russian town of Kislovodsk.

sparsely populated (about 600 people on 1,850 km2) Russian Bering

Sea islands located 175 kilometers east of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East. The islands consist of Bering Island (95 kilometers by 15 kilometers ), Medny Island (55 kilometers ( by 5 kilometers ), and fifteen smaller ones.

755 metre.
The highest point on Medny Island is Stenjeger's

Peak at 647
Metres.The climate is relatively mild and maritime, with frequent
precipitation (220–240 days/year). The cool summers are
notoriously foggy.

7 km wide and its area is 186 km².
Its maximum elevation

is 640 m and the average annual temperature is +2.8 °C.
About 100 meters off the northwestern end of the islands are the Beaver Stones
two islets connected by an isthmus, with a combined length of 1 km.

of the 
Kamchatka Peninsula. It is 24 km
(15 mi) long and 3 km

(2 mi) wide
(at the mouth), with a maximum depth
of 26 m (85 ft).

The Avacha River flows into the bay.
The port city of Petropavlovsk-
Kamchatsky and the closed town of 
Vilyuchinsk l on the coast of the bay.
It is the main transport gateway to
Kamchatka region. The bay freezes
in the winter.

Urals, near the town Kungur in Perm Krai, Russia,[1] on

the right bank of the Sylva River. The cave is famous for its ice formations and is a popular tourist landmark.

Kungur Ice Cave

Kungur Ice Cave has been known since 1703 when Peter the Great issued the decree sending a well-known geographer S.U.
Remezov from Tobolsk in Kungur. He worked out the Uyezd plan and made the first sketch of the cave.

it is equipped with three tour routes with different length:
1.The

examination of a large excursion ring (classic route) covers 1.5 km and takes around 1 hour and 20 min
2.The second is 1.8 km and takes 1 hour 40 min
3.The third is the biggest, 2 km and around 1.5 hour. On this tour, there is a laser show and the route is more difficult.
One hundred thousand people come each year and over five million people have been to the cave since it opened.

formation along the banks of the Lena River in far

eastern Siberia. The pillars are 150–300 meters (490–980 ft) high, and were formed in some of the Cambrian period sea-basins. The Lena Pillars National Park was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2012.[1]
The site lies less than a day's boat ride upriver (south) from the city of Yakutsk, the capital of the autonomous Sakha Republic.[2]