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KUTKH'S BOATS

The light coloured pumice formations are located not far from the Kuril Lake. In the head of the Ozernaya River the thickness of the formation in more than 100 m.

The biffest formation is Kutkh's boats, the most beautiful for its sculpture forms. The side brook cut through the pumice rock mass, wind and other nature factors turned the vertical walls of the canyon into the range of vertical columns with tens meters height. The form of the columns resembles long boats (canoe) of the native residents. There is a legend about this rock outcrop (recorded by S.P. Krasheninnikov): "According to the legend, the god Kutkh lived in this fish-rich area. He canoed in the lake and fished. When he was leaving this place for ever, he put the canoes to drain, and they hardened into stone". In the times of Krasheninnikov, Kutkh's boats were respected by the native residents who were even afraid to come up to these rocks.

Kutkh's boats are the Natural Monument.