About Kamchatka: Kamchatka's coast catches enormous snowfalls from Pacific storms. Its snowy landscape is dotted with steaming, active volcanoes. Brown bears roam the peninsula between the snow and the hot springs. Snow can bury the lower floors of buildings by mid-winter

Location: The far-eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia · Country: Russia · Yearly Snow: Huge amounts of heavy, wet snow each winter · Why So Snowy: Storms off the Pacific dump deep snow on the coast and volcanoes · Nature: A land of active volcanoes, hot springs and deep snow · Wildlife: Home to brown bears and sea eagles · Notable Feature: Dozens of active volcanoes rise straight from the snow · World Rank: One of the snowiest regions in Russia