Kronotsky Nature Reserve

IUCN Category Ia - Strict Nature Reserve

The Kronozki Nature Reserve (also Kronotsky Biosphere Zapovednik ) is located on the Kamchatka Peninsula in northeastern Russia. It is located on the east coast of the peninsula and covers an area of ​​11,421 square kilometers.

Since 1984, the area is a UNESCO biosphere reserve and since 1996 belongs together with other protected areas for World Heritage "Volcanoes of Kamchatka ".

In the reserve live about 600 brown bears, which are among the largest representatives of Art and bring up to 700 kg on the scales. In addition, the reserve is home to the largest known population of the Giant Eagle. Other noteworthy species are reindeer, snow sheep, wolves, lynx and arctic foxes. Every spring, pull the Steller's sea lions wintering in the Japanese coasts, to the rocky cliffs of the reserve.

In reserve a height of 3,528 meters are the Valley of Geysers and several volcanoes, of which the Kronotskaya Sopka, the largest reached. The caldera of Uzon and the largest lake in Kamchatka ( Ozero Kronotskoye ) lie within the territory of the reserve.

Swell

  • William Riley, Laura Riley: Nature's Strongholds. The World 's Great Wildlife Reserves. Princeton University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-691-12219-9
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