Kikhpinych

Kikhpinych is a stratovolcano located in the eastern part of the , which feeds the famous . At its foot is a 2-by-0.5-km area known as the "Valley of Death", where volcanic gases accumulate and kill birds and mammals that enter the valley.
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  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 1,552 metres
  • Description: mountain in Russia
  • Also known as: “Mount Kikhpinich”, “Sopka Kikhpinych”, “Sopka Kikhpynych”, and “Vulkan Kikhpinych”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Valley of Geysers.

Locality
Photo: Robert Nunn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a geyser field on , , and has the second-largest concentration of geysers in the world. This six-kilometre-long basin with approximately ninety geysers and many hot springs is situated on the Kamchatka… is situated 9 km southwest of Kikhpinych.

Kikhpinych

Latitude
54.48836° or 54° 29′ 18″ north
Longitude
160.25203° or 160° 15′ 7″ east
Elevation
1,552 metres (5,092 feet)
Open location code
9V62F7Q2+8R
Geo­Names ID
2124522
Wiki­data ID
Q218676
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Satellite Map

Discover Kikhpinych from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Kikhpinych” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Kikhpínitx”
  • Catalan: “Kikhpinych”
  • Cebuano: “Vulkan Sopka Kikhpinych”
  • Chinese: “基赫皮內奇火山”
  • Chinese: “基赫皮内奇火山”
  • Czech: “Kichpinyč”
  • Dutch: “Kichpinytsj”
  • Dutch: “Kikhpinych”
  • Esperanto: “Kiĥpiniĉ”
  • Finnish: “Kihpinytš”
  • Japanese: “キフピニチ山”
  • Ladin: “Kikhpinych”
  • Latin: “Kichpinycz”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kikhpinytsj”
  • Persian: “کیخپینیچ”
  • Russian: “Вулкан Сопка Кихпиныч”
  • Russian: “Кихпиныч”
  • Slovak: “Kichpinyč”
  • Ukrainian: “Кихпінич”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Dolina Gejzerov and Zhupanovo.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Krasheninnikov and Uzon.

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