Kurile Lake, Kamchatka, Russia
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Check out this drone video of a well known lake on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the far eastern end of Russia, compliments of contributor and pilot Vision.One. Kurile Lake is at the southern end of the great peninsula, which forms the easternmost part of the Russian Far East region. The lake was formed by the same geological processes that produced the many volcanoes which run down much of the length of Kamchatka. The lake covers just over 75 square km (around 25 square mi.) and is over 300 meters (over 1k ft.) deep.
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Kurile Lake is a large caldera containing a crater lake located at the southern tip of Kamchatka Peninsula, within the Southern Kamchatka Wildlife Refuge in Russia. The lake is the largest spawning ground for sockeye salmon in Eurasia, and second in the world only to Alaska. On the shores of the lake up to 100 brown bears are often sighted catching salmon. Kurile Lake is a national wildlife preserve and a national monument. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, part of Volcanoes of Kamchatka.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurile_Lakehttp://whc.unesco.org/en/list/765/multiple=1&unique_number=902