Katmai Alaska National Park and Reserve
Description:
Katmai National Park-Reserve is located in the US state of Alaska. The Arctic area around the Katmai stratovolcano of the same name was taken under the protection of the state after the US Congress signed a corresponding document in December 1980.
The national park occupies the entire coastline of the Shelikh Strait, the Aleutian Peninsula and part of the territory located north of Lake Nanek.
The main character of the reserve is a majestic active volcano, on the left slope of which there is a glacier. The height of the volcano is more than 2000 meters, and the diameter is 10 km. During the last and strongest eruption in 1912, a volcanic lake with murky green water formed. The same eruption destroyed the pine forest on the western slope of the volcano, turning it into a valley of thousands of smokes, which is a fountain of hot steam and gases.
The Brooks River annually attracts tourists who dream of watching the exciting and fascinating spectacle of fishing by brown bears. Alaska has the largest population of these animals in the world.