A false-color satellite photo from 2023 shows a devilish pair of lava flows and an enormous plume of smoke spewing from Klyuchevskoy, the tallest volcano in Europe and Asia.

Russian media initially reported on Saturday that five climbers died while trying to ascend to the top of the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano in Russia's far eastern Kamchatka peninsula.

Three climbers have been rescued after attempting to scale Eurasia's highest active volcano, the Klyuchevskaya Sopka in Russia's far east, local officials said on Tuesday. Two tourists and a guide ...

The climbers were trying to ascend to the top of the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano, when the accident occurred about 500 meters below the 4,750-meter (15,884-foot) summit, the reports cited the ...

Klyuchevskaya Sopka - whose symmetrical cone towers high above the Kamchatka peninsula - is part of the natural Volcanoes of Kamchatka Unesco World Heritage site.

Eight people died in an accident while climbing the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano in far east Russia on Saturday, authorities said. Rescuers are working to reach the survivors.

Six people have died climbing the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano in Russia's far east and six more are believed to be stranded after freezing winds halted a rescue attempt.

Klyuchevskaya Sopka’s first recorded eruption was in 1697. It is considered to be Russia’s most dangerous volcano, and in March 2020 it emitted ash clouds 20,000 ft into the air.

Rescuers have evacuated survivors of a climbing expedition on Eurasia’s highest volcano that claimed eight lives, local authorities say.

FILE - The city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is seen with the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano in the background, in Russia's far east, Aug. 10, 2005.

Klyuchevskaya Sopka - whose symmetrical cone towers high above the Kamchatka peninsula - is part of the natural Volcanoes of Kamchatka Unesco World Heritage site.