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Klyuchevskoy volcano (NASA image)

It was hard enough to pronounce the name of Iceland’s volcano. Eyjafjallajokull grounded trans-Atlantic flights earlier this year with its ash and smoke. Now another multi-syllabic volcano is sending plumes into the sky. Smoke and ash clouds from the Klyuchevskoy volcano are drifting 700 miles out over the Pacific. So its easy to spot…

The question for our Geo Quiz is where is the Klyuchevskoy volcano?

Here’s a hint: It’s located on a 700-mile long peninsula. Russian scientists say the volcano started having what they call “spasmodic tremors” 7 days ago. Ash is falling on nearby villages and airplane pilots are being warned about volcanic ash danger.

Klyuchevskoy looks out over the Bering Sea and it’s in good company, there’s a belt of 30 active volcanoes along this peninsula. So, can you name this Eurasian peninsula?

The answer is the Kamchatka Peninsula. On one side is the Bering Sea, on the other, the Sea of Okhotsk. There’s a belt of 30 or so volcanoes extending along the peninsula, the highest is the Mount Klyuchevskoy volcano.

It didn’t really make headlines, but 3 years ago smoke and ash from Klyuchevskoy disrupted air traffic from the United States to Asia and caused ash falls on Alaska’s Unimak Island. The Russian volcano is at it again sending up a column of smoke and ash that now trails off 700 miles over the Pacific.

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LISA MULLINS: It was hard enough to pronounce the name of Iceland’s volcano. Eyjafjallajokull, that was hard, grounded trans-Atlantic flights earlier this year with its ash and smoke. Now another multi-syllabic volcano is sending plumes into the sky. Smoke and ash clouds from the Klyuchevskoy volcano are drifting 700 miles out over the Pacific. So it’s pretty easy to spot. Question for our Geo Quiz is where is the Klyuchevskoy volcano? Here’s a hint. It’s located on a 700-mile long peninsula. Russian scientists say the volcano started having what they call “spasmodic tremors” 7 days ago. Ash is falling on nearby villages. Airplane pilots are being warned about the volcanic ash danger. Klyuchevskoy looks out over the Bering Sea, and it’s in good company. There’s a belt of 30 active volcanoes along this peninsula. So can you name this Eurasian peninsula? The answer’s coming up in five. Our Geo Quiz today took us to Russia’s Far East. The answer is the Kamchatka Peninsula. On one side is the Bering Sea, on the other, the Sea of Okhotsk. There’s a belt of 30 or so volcanoes extending along the peninsula. The highest is the Mount Klyuchevskoy volcano. It didn’t really make headlines, but 3 years ago smoke and ash from Klyuchevskoy disrupted air traffic from the US to Asia and caused ash falls near Alaska. Well, the Russian volcano is at it again, sending up a column of ash and smoke that’s now drifting out over the Pacific.

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