V.L. Leonov, D.V. Kobrenkov

The Institute of Volcanology, Far East Division, Russian Academy of Sciences,
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 683006, Piip blvd., 9, Russia

The article presents new data about the last Late Pleistocene glaciation in Southeast Kamchatka. It is shown in the article that the glaciation has not been of the sheet or reticulated type, but of the mountain-valley type. The article contains the information on the areas and the types of glaciers as well as several tables. The analysis of the connection between the glaciers’ area and the mountains’ and volcanoes’ altitudes is made. The article also shows that the bigger glaciation centers in the Eastern mountain range, in the Volcanic Belt and in the Eastern peninsulas of Kamchatka were connected with higher mountain massifs. The area of glaciation in Southeast Kamchatka on the whole and in some individual areas in particular decreases with the reduction of the mountain altitude. The glacier distribution of the last Late Pleistocene glaciation emphasizes the existence of the peninsula transverse raises, which stretch on for tens of kilometers inwards of the peninsula.