Valley of Geysers, Protected geyser field in Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
The Valley spans six kilometers along the Geysernaya River, containing ninety geysers and numerous hot springs within steep canyon walls reaching 400 meters deep.
Scientists Tatyana Ustinova and Anisifor Krupnenin discovered the Valley in 1941 while investigating the sources of the Tikhaya and Shumnaya rivers.
The Valley receives 3,000 visitors annually who witness natural water eruptions, making it the second largest concentration of geysers after Yellowstone.
Tourists reach the Valley exclusively by helicopter tours departing from regional centers, as no roads connect to this section of Kronotsky Nature Reserve.
Each geyser follows its own eruption schedule, with intervals ranging from 10 minutes to 5 hours, spraying water up to 40 meters into the air.
GPS coordinates: 54.43056,160.13944
Latest update: May 26, 2025 20:56
Geysers represent some of the most visible expressions of hydrothermal activity, occurring where underground water reservoirs are heated by magmatic sources. Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming holds more than half of the world's known geysers, including Old Faithful with its reliable eruptions every 90 minutes and Steamboat, the tallest active geyser on Earth. Iceland offers the Haukadalur Valley, home to the namesake Geysir and Strokkur, which erupts every few minutes. The high plateau of El Tatio in Chile sits at 14,100 feet (4,300 meters) and forms the highest elevation geyser field in the world. Other notable locations include the Whakarewarewa thermal area in Rotorua on New Zealand's North Island, where the Pohutu geyser performs regularly, and the Valley of Geysers in Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. These sites demonstrate the ongoing volcanic activity beneath the Earth's surface and attract visitors interested in observing natural thermal phenomena. Eruption patterns vary in frequency and intensity, with some geysers following predictable schedules while others remain irregular.
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