Vladimir Atlasov

Vladimir Atlasov
Native name
Владимир Атласов
Birth nameVladimir Vasilyevich Atlasov
Bornc. 1663
Veliky Ustyug, Russia
Died12 February 1711(1711-02-12) (aged 47–48)
Nizhnekamchatsk, Russia
Allegiance Russia

Vladimir Vasilyevich Atlasov or Otlasov (Russian: Влади́мир Васи́льевич Атла́сов or Отла́сов; c. 1663 – 1711) was a Siberian Cossack, a zemleprokhodets, who was the first Russian to organize systematic exploration of the Kamchatka Peninsula. Atlasov Island, an uninhabited volcanic island off the southern tip of Kamchatka, and the Atlasova volcano are named after him.

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