Saturday, January 9, 2010

Bechyovinka




The abandoned town of Bechyovinka, formerly a secret submarine base, is on the island of Kamchatka and is also called Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskya located a few kilometers down the bay from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskya.

You can look it up on Google Maps and you'll see that there's only a blurred out satellite view available, showing that it's very much at the end of the world, on the tip of the peninsula... indeed a perfect spot for a secret base.

English Russia » Bechyovinka, the submariners’ secret town

2 comments:

  1. That's ridiculous. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is a thriving metropolis. I don't know where Bechyovinka is, but it is not the same as Petropavlovsk. I was there in 2001 and would like to visit again.

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  2. Indeed, these two towns aren't the same, Wikimapia shows the real locations of Bechyovinka:
    http://wikimapia.org/13662236/Bechyovinka

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