Kola Bay
Kola Bay or Murmansk Fjord is a 57-km-long fjord of the Barents Sea that cuts into the northern part of the Kola Peninsula. It is up to 7 km wide and has a depth of 200 to 300 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Inlet
- Description: bay of the Barents Sea in Murmansk Oblast, Russia
- Also known as: “Kol’skiy Zaliv”, “Kola Fjord”, “Kola Inlet”, “Kolsky Bay”, “Kuolan-lahti”, and “Murmansk Fjord”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Retinskoye and Severomorsk.
Retinskoye
Hamlet
Retinskoye is a rural locality in administrative jurisdiction of the closed administrative-territorial formation of Alexandrovsk in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located beyond the Arctic Circle at a height of 1 meter above sea level.
Severomorsk
Photo: Сергей Шинкарюк, CC BY 2.0.
Severomorsk, known as Vayenga until 18 April 1951, is a closed town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Severomorsk is the main administrative base of the Russian Northern Fleet.
Safonovo
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Safonovo is an urban locality under the administrative jurisdiction of the closed-administrative territorial formation of Severomorsk in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Kola Peninsula on the Kola Bay, 3 kilometers west of Severomorsk proper. Safonovo is situated 7 km southwest of Kola Bay.
Kola Bay
- Categories: bay and body of water
- Location: Murmansk Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Upper Sorbian—“Kola Bay” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Կոլայի ծոց”
- Basque: “Kola badia”
- Belarusian: “Кольскі заліў”
- Bulgarian: “Колски залив”
- Chinese: “科拉湾”
- Chinese: “科拉灣”
- Croatian: “Kolski zaljev”
- Czech: “Kolský záliv”
- Dutch: “Baai van Kola”
- Esperanto: “Kola Golfo”
- Estonian: “Koola laht”
- Finnish: “Kuolanvuono”
- French: “baie de Kola”
- French: “Baie de Kola”
- German: “Kola-Bucht”
- German: “Kolabucht”
- Hebrew: “מפרץ קולה”
- Italian: “Baia di Kola”
- Japanese: “コラ湾”
- Kazakh: “Kola şığanağı”
- Kazakh: “Кола шығанағы”
- Kazakh: “كولا شىعاناعى”
- Latin: “Sinus Kolaensis”
- Lithuanian: “Kolos įlanka”
- Macedonian: “Колски Залив”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kolabukta”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kolabukten”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kolafjorden”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Murmanskfjorden”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kolabukta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kolafjorden”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kolskij zaliv”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Murmanskfjorden”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Кольский залив”
- Norwegian: “Kolabukta”
- Ossetian: “Колæйы бакæлæн”
- Polish: “Zatoka Kolska”
- Russian: “Кольский залив”
- Russian: “Кольский Залив”
- Serbian: “Кољски залив”
- Silesian: “Zatoka Kolsko”
- Slovenian: “Kolski zaliv”
- Spanish: “Bahia de Kola”
- Spanish: “Bahía de Kola”
- Spanish: “Fiordo de Murmansk”
- Spanish: “Fiordo de Múrmansk”
- Spanish: “Golfo de Kola”
- Swedish: “Kolabukten”
- Swedish: “Murmanskfjorden”
- Tatar: “Кола култыгы”
- Turkish: “Kola Körfezi”
- Ukrainian: “Кольська затока”
- Upper Sorbian: “Kolski zaliw”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Staraya Vayenga and Platonovka.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mys Retinskiy and Mys Karbas.
Murmansk Oblast: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Murmansk, Severomorsk, Kandalaksha, and Kirovsk.
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