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Vladimir Atlasov

Russian Cossack explorer of the Kamchatka Peninsula (c. 1663 โ€“ 1711)

Tsardom of Russia
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.