What is Volcanoes of Kamchatka?
{{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site | image = Petropavlovsk Kamcatskij Volcan Koriacky in background.jpg | image_upright = 1.2 | caption = [[Koryaksky volcano]] rising above [[Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky]] | location = [[Kamchatka Krai]], [[Russia]] | includes = {{flatlist| # [[Kronotsky Nature Reserve|Kronotsky Strict Nature Reserve]] # Southern Kamchatka Wildlife Reserve # Nalychevo Regional Nature Park # Bystrinsky Regional Nature Park # Southern Kamchatka Regional Nature Park # Kluchevskoy Regional Nature Park }} | criteria = {{UNESCO WHS type|(vii)(viii)(ix)(x)}}(vii)(viii)(ix)(x) | ID = 765bis | coordinates = {{coord|56|20|N|158|30|E|format=dms}} | year = 1996 | extension = 2001 | area = {{convert|3,830,200|ha|sqmi|abbr=on}} | locmapin = Russia | map_caption = }} The '''volcanoes of Kamchatka''' are a large group of [[volcano]]es on the [[Kamchatka Peninsula]]. The [[Kamchatka River]] and the surrounding central side valley are flanked by large [[volcanic belt]]s. There are about 160&nbsp;[[volcano]]es, 29&nbsp;of them still [[Active volcano|active]]. They are in the ''six'' [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage List]] sites in the Volcanoes of Kamchatka, most of them on the Kamchatka Peninsula.<ref>{{cite web |author=World Heritage |year=1996 |url=http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/765 |title=Volcanoes of Kamchatka |publisher=UNESCO |accessdate=2008-02-20 }}</ref> [[File:Kronotsky volcano.jpg|thumb|300px|Possibly the world's most perfect volcanic cone: the Kronotsky volcano]] [[File:Kamchatka Volcanoes.JPG|thumb|300px|This astronaut photograph illustrates some of the volcanoes on Russia's [[Kamchatka Peninsula]]]] The highest volcano is [[Klyuchevskaya Sopka]] (4,750&nbsp;m or 15,584&nbsp;ft), the largest active volcano in the [[northern hemisphere]].<ref>[http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/public-affairs/press-releases/index.phtml?menu=pressreleases&code=INT-113/08&create_date=27-may-2008 Press Releases - Public Affairs Office - The University of Notting