Lake Kildinskoye (russian: Кильдинское озеро) is a

lake A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...

Kolsky District Kolsky District (russian: Ко́льский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the six in Murmansk Oblast, Russia.Law #96-01-ZMO As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Kolsky Municipal District.Law #577-01-ZMO I ...

Murmansk Oblast Murmansk Oblast (russian: Му́рманская о́бласть, p=ˈmurmənskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, r=Murmanskaya oblast, ''Murmanskaya oblast''; Kildin Sami: Мурман е̄ммьне, ''Murman jemm'ne'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of ...

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. It is located in the east of the

Kola Peninsula sjd, Куэлнэгк нёа̄ррк , image_name= Kola peninsula.png , image_caption= Kola Peninsula as a part of Murmansk Oblast , image_size= 300px , image_alt= , map_image= Murmansk in Russia.svg , map_caption = Location of Murmansk Oblas ...

close to the

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of the

Tuloma River , se, Doallánjohka , name_etymology = , image = , image_size = , image_caption = , map = Tuloma-Kola.png , map_size = , map_caption = Tuloma-Kola river basins. Tuloma in ...

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 ...

, south-east of the city of

Murmansk Murmansk (Russian: ''Мурманск'' lit. "Norwegian coast"; Finnish: ''Murmansk'', sometimes ''Muurmanski'', previously ''Muurmanni''; Norwegian: ''Norskekysten;'' Northern Sámi: ''Murmánska;'' Kildin Sámi: ''Мурман ланнҍ'') i ...

. The lake is approximately long and wide. Lake Kildinskoye's proximity to Murmansk,

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, and Severomorsk-3 air base has made it a popular year-round tourism location used for various recreational purposes, including

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during the summer and

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during the winter. Activities related to the Festival of the North, an annual

winter sports Winter sports or winter activities are competitive sports or non-competitive recreational activities which are played on snow or ice. Most are variations of skiing, ice skating and sledding. Traditionally, such games were only played in cold area ...

festival held across Murmansk Oblast since 1934, are held on and round the lake when it is frozen over. Lake Kildinskoe

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* Lakes of Murmansk Oblast {{MurmanskOblast-geo-stub