🌊 Kurile Lake

Russia · Europe · 81 m · 51.46°N, 157.10°E

Kurile Lake is a caldera and crater lake in Kamchatka, Russia. It is also known as Kurilskoye Lake or Kuril Lake. It is part of the Eastern Volcanic Zone of Kamchatka which, together with the Sredinny Range, forms one of the volcanic belts of Kamchatka. These volcanoes form from the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Okhotsk Plate and the Asian Plate.

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Quick facts

Country	Russia
Continent / region	Europe
Surface elevation	81 m above sea level
Coordinates (approx.)	51.46°N, 157.10°E · view on map

Kurile Lake sits at 81 m in Russia, in Europe. The full story of this lake is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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