Ust-Kamchatsk


Ust-Kamchatsk is a rural locality and the administrative center of Ust-Kamchatsky District of Kamchatka Krai, Russia, located on the eastern shore of the Kamchatka Peninsula at the mouth of the Kamchatka River some away from the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano and from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Population:

History

It was founded in 1731 as the settlement of Ust-Primorsky and was renamed Ust-Kamchatsk in 1890. In 2007, Ust-Kamchatsk was demoted in status from urban-type settlement to a rural locality.

Economy

There is a sea port, a fish-processing plant, a few woodworking factories, and Ust-Kamchatsk Airport in Ust-Kamchatsk.

Climate