Kola Bay (russian: Кольский залив) or Murmansk Fjord is a 57-km-long
fjord
In physical geography, a fjord or fiord () is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Ice ...
of the
Barents Sea
The Barents Sea ( , also ; no, Barentshavet, ; russian: Баренцево море, Barentsevo More) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia and divided between Norwegian and Russian territo ...
that cuts into the northern part of the
Kola Peninsula
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. It is up to 7 km wide and has a depth of 200 to 300 metres. The
Tuloma,
Rosta Rosta may refer to:
*Rosta, Iran, a historical district in Isfahan area in Iran
*Rosta, Piedmont, a ''comune'' in the province of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
**Rosta railway station
*Rosta, Republic of Dagestan, a rural locality in Russia
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and
Kola River
The Kola (russian: Кола) is a river on the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . The river flows out of Lake Kolozero north into the Kola Bay of the Barents Sea, some 10 km south of Murmansk ...
s discharge into the bay.
The eastern shore is craggy and precipitous, the western one is comparatively level. The ports of
Murmansk
Murmansk (Russian: ''Мурманск'' lit. "Norwegian coast"; Finnish: ''Murmansk'', sometimes ''Muurmanski'', previously ''Muurmanni''; Norwegian: ''Norskekysten;'' Northern Sámi: ''Murmánska;'' Kildin Sámi: ''Мурман ланнҍ'') i ...
and
Severomorsk
Severomorsk (russian: Северомо́рск), known as Vayenga () until April 18, 1951, is a closed town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Severomorsk is the main administrative base of the Russian Northern Fleet. The town is located on the coast ...
sit on the east side.
Polyarny, the main base of Russia's
Northern Fleet
Severnyy flot
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, is on the west side of the bay.
Semidiurnal tide
Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon (and to a much lesser extent, the Sun) and are also caused by the Earth and Moon orbiting one another.
Tide tables can ...
s in the Murmansk Fjord are as high as 4 metres. In winter, the southern part of the bay may be covered in ice. The
Kola Bay Bridge
Kola Bay Bridge (russian: Мост через Кольский залив; Kola Bridge, Kolsky Bridge - russian: Кольский мост) across the Kola Bay in Murmansk, Russia is the world's longest automobile bridge north of the Polar Circ ...
spans the Kola Bay near its southern end
See also
*
List of fjords of Russia
This is a list of the most important fjords of the Russian Federation. Fjords
In spite of the vastness of the Arctic coastlines of the Russian Federation there are relatively few fjords in Russia. Fjords are circumscribed to certain areas only; ...
Notes
* ''This article is based on a translation of the
equivalent article of the
Russian Wikipedia on 13 July 2008''.
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Bays of the Barents Sea
Fjords of Russia
Bodies of water of Murmansk Oblast