Nikel
Nikel is an urban locality and the administrative center of Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on the shores of Lake Kuets-Yarvi 196 kilometers northwest of Murmansk and 7 kilometers from the Norwegian border on E105.
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Nikel
- Type: Town
- Description: town in Pechengsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
- Categories: subdivisions of Russia, an existing village of a former municipality in Finland and urban-type settlement in Russia
- Location: Murmansk Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Europe
Latitude 69.4062° or 69° 24' 22.4" north | Longitude 30.2114° or 30° 12' 41.1" east |
Population 11,200 | Elevation 98 metres (322 feet) |
OpenStreetMap ID node 272845466 | GeoNames ID 522260 |
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Also Known As
- Belarusian: Нікель
- Bulgarian: Никел
- Catalan: Nikel
- Catalan: Níkel
- Cebuano: Nikel'
- Chechen: Никель
- Chinese: 尼克尔
- Chinese: 尼克爾
- Danish: Nikel
- Dutch: Nikel
- English: Nikkeli
- Finnish: Kolosjoki
- Finnish: Nikel
- Finnish: Nikkeli
- French: Nikel
- German: Nikel
- Indonesian: nikel
- Italian: Nikel'
- Lithuanian: Nikelis
- Northern Sami: Nihkkel
- Norwegian: Nikel
- Norwegian Bokmål: Kolosjoki
- Norwegian Bokmål: Nikel
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Nikel
- Polish: Nikel
- Polish: Nikiel
- Russian: Никель
- Serbian: Колосјоки
- Serbian: Никељ
- South Azerbaijani: نیکل، روسیه
- Spanish: Nikel
- Spanish: Níkel
- Swedish: Nikel
- Ukrainian: Нікель
- Upper Sorbian: Nikel
- Kolosjokki
Other Places Named Nikel
- Komuna e NiklësAlbania
- NikëlVillage, Albania
- NikelTown, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
- Nikel’-RudnikOrenburg Oblast, Russia
- Nikel’Abandoned locality, Adygea, Russia
- NikelVillage, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
In the Area
Localities
- Proliv
- Sal'miyarvi5 km northwest
- Ulkoniemi8 km northwest
- Keskitalo8 km west
- Akhmalakhti9 km north
- Skrøytnes9 km west
Landmarks
- Nikel-MurmanskiyRailroad station
- Malaya KolosyokiStream
- KolosyokiStream
- Ozero Kuets’yarviLake, 3½ km northwest
- RantaRuin, 6 km west
- UtnesHeadland, 8 km northwest
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