□ WHY IN NEWS ?
An ‘ecological disaster’ of sorts is unfolding on a black volcanic beach of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East, according to a report.
□ ABOUT :-
◇ The Kamchatka Peninsula is a 1,250-kilometre-long peninsula in the Russian Far East.
◇ The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk make up the peninsula’s eastern and western coastlines, respectively.
◇ Immediately offshore along the Pacific coast of the peninsula runs the 10,500-metre-deep Kuril–Kamchatka Trench.
◇ The Kamchatka Peninsula, the Commander Islands, and Karaginsky Island constitute the Kamchatka Krai of the Russian Federation.
◇ The vast majority of the 322,079 inhabitants are ethnic Russians, although about 13,000 are Koryaks (2014).
◇ The Kamchatka peninsula contains the volcanoes of Kamchatka, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
