Three Brothers Rocks - natural monument of Kamchatka in Avacha Bay

For those who arrive in the Kamchatka by sea, these three vertical rocks are like a roadside stele at the entrance to the city. The Avacha Bay begins with them, Kamchatka also began with them some time ago. Passenger ships (not counting overseas cruise liners) have long gone to the peninsula, sailors no longer make up the bulk of the local population, and the Three Brothers remain the hallmark of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The recognizable silhouettes of the Brothers are used as visual symbols of Kamchatka almost more often than all the others (volcanoes, bear, salmon) combined. They are everywhere - from the covers of books published on the peninsula to beer labels.

The irony, however, is that the people who have seen the Brothers "alive" in Petropavlovsk are less and less every year. Cliffs and a considerable distance separate cliffs from the city, and boat trips on the Avacha Bay have long since turned from ordinary leisure activities of citizens into a service for wealthy tourists.

Still, there is another, albeit difficult, way to the Three Brothers. You need to get out of the city on the road to Zavoiko and follow by the Malaya Lagernaya Bay (there are actually three Lagernaya bays – Bolshaya, Srednyaya and Malaya) to Mayachnaya Bald Peak. The nasty asphalt road will soon be replaced by the disgusting soil road where the traveler can meet another unpleasant surprise - the closed gate. The soil road leads to a military unit, and the barrier is lowered during summer maneuvers. In winter the road is always open, but you can only pass on by snowmobile.

If, however, to overcome all obstacles and get to Mayachnaya, a fascinating panorama of the entire Avacha Bay along with the Three Brothers will open. The top of the hill is the only publicly accessible point on land from which you can admire them. Not to get any closer: the coast between Cape Vilkov and Mayachny is a closed area accessible only to the military.

HISTORY
The Three Brothers Rocks have been known since the 18th century, they were put on the plan of the Avachinsky Bay and the harbor of Petropavlovsk in 1737. In the book by GA Sarychev “Travels in the northeastern part of Siberia. The Arctic Sea and the Eastern Ocean "about them says the following:" In the right side (at the entrance to the lip), a little farther from the lighthouse, there are three separate tall stones, like pillars standing one next to the other...". Such rocks are called kekurs. "Kekur is a stone pillar, on the shore or above the waters," by Dal's laconic definition.

In the 80s of the last century, the Three Brothers were declared nature monuments of regional significance.

There is a legend in Kamchatka about three Koryak brothers who protected the bay from the tsunami, but at the same time they turned to stone. Perhaps this legend, like many other stories, invented by local historians.

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