Property: Volcanoes of Kamchatka [Extension to include Kluchevskoy Nature Park ]
Id. N°: 765 Bis
State Party: Russian Federation
Criteria: N (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
The Committee approved the extension of the Volcanoes of Kamchatka by the inclusion of the Kluchevskoy Nature Park as the sixth component. In addition to the 1996 inscription under criteria (i), (ii), and (iii), the Committee decided to inscribe the site also under criterion (iv).
Criterion (iv): The site contains an especially diverse range of palearctic flora, including a number of nationally threatened species and at least 16 endemics, and 33 mammal species, including internationally significant populations of sea lions and sea otter and a thriving population of brown bear, as well as 145 bird species. The rivers inside and adjacent contain the world's greatest known diversity of salmonid fish.
This serial inscription includes six protected areas:
Date inscribed |
Name of Park |
Area |
1996 |
Kronotsky State Biosphere Nature Preserve |
1,007 ha |
1996 |
Bystrinsky Nature Park |
1,500 ha |
1996 |
Nalychevo Nature Park |
265 ha |
1996 |
Southwestern Tundra Nature Reserve |
123 ha |
1996 |
Southern Kamchatka Nature Park and the Southern Kamchatka State Nature Reserve |
1,025 ha |
2001 |
Kluchevskoy Nature Park |
376 ha |