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Kurile Lake is a large caldera containing a crater lake located at the southern tip of Kamchatka Peninsula, within the Southern Kamchatka Wildlife Refuge in Russia. The lake is the largest spawning ground for sockeye salmon in Eurasia, and second in the world only to Alaska. On the shores of the lake up to 100 brown bears are often sighted catching salmon. Kurile Lake is a national wildlife preserve and a national monument. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, part of Volcanoes of Kamchatka.
