Kildin Strait
Kildin Strait is a strait, located at, separating the island Kildin and the Kola Peninsula, Russia.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Strait
- Description: strait of Barents Sea, Russia
- Also known as: “Kildinski Strait”, “Proliv Kil’dinskaya Salma”, and “Proliv Kil’dinskiy”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vostochnyy Kil’din and Zapadny Kildin.
Vostochnyy Kil’din
Hamlet
Vostochny Kildin is a rural locality in Teribersky Territorial Okrug of Kolsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on Kildin Island beyond the Arctic Circle at a height of 1 meter above sea level. Population: 4. Vostochnyy Kil’din is situated 7 km east of Kildin Strait.
Zapadny Kildin
Hamlet
Zapadny Kildin is the rural locality in Kolsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia. The village is located north of the Arctic Circle, on the Kildin Island. It is located at a height of 1 m above sea level. Zapadny Kildin is situated 7 km northwest of Kildin Strait.
Kildin Strait
- Category: body of water
- Location: Murmansk Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Kildin Strait from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Vietnamese—“Kildin Strait” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Kildinski boğazı”
- Cebuano: “Kil’dinskiy Proliv”
- Chinese: “基利金海峽”
- Croatian: “Kildinski tjesnac”
- Dutch: “Straat Kildin”
- French: “Detroit de Kil”
- German: “Kildin-Straße”
- Hebrew: “מצר קילדין”
- Italian: “Stretto di Kil’din”
- Russian: “Кильдинский пролив”
- Russian: “Кильдинский Пролив”
- Serbian: “Киљдински мореуз”
- Serbian: “Киљдински пролаз”
- Ukrainian: “Кильдинська протока”
- Vietnamese: “Eo biển Kildin”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ruch’i and Zarubikha.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mys Prigonnyy and Ostrov Malyy Kil’din.
Murmansk Oblast: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Murmansk, Severomorsk, Kandalaksha, and Kirovsk.
Curious Straits to Discover
Uncover intriguing straits from every corner of the globe.