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Vladimir Atlasov
Russian Cossack explorer of the Kamchatka Peninsula (c. 1663 โ 1711)
Born
Jan 01, 1661 (365)
Birth Place
Veliky Ustyug
Nationality
Tsardom of Russia
Died
1711-02-01
About
Vladimir Vasilyevich Atlasov or Otlasov 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.