13 January 2021.

Introduction:

The Tsar Icicle was in news recently as it collapsed killing four tourists in Russia. An icicle is a spike of ice formed when water falling from an object freezes.

What   and where is Tsar Icicle?

• The Vilyuchinsky waterfall in winter is called Tsar Icicle and is tourist attraction.
• The Vilyuchinsky waterfall lies in Kamchatka peninsula.
• Kanchataka volcanoes are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• It is home to more than one hundred and sixty volcanoes.
•  Of these twenty-nine are still active.
•  Many of these volcanoes are capped with glaciers.
• As these glaciers melt during warm weather, they form waterfalls.
• One such waterfall is the Vilyuchinsky waterfalls.

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