This is a list of the most important

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, Förden and East Jutland Fjorde, Germany, ...

s of the

Russian Federation Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

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; over thirty are in Novaya Zemlya —including lakes which are structurally fjords, with a few others in 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 ...

coast 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 ...

, the

Severnaya Zemlya Severnaya Zemlya (russian: link=no, Сéверная Земля́ (Northern Land), ) is a archipelago in the Russian high Arctic. It lies off Siberia's Taymyr Peninsula, separated from the mainland by the Vilkitsky Strait. This archipelago ...

archipelago, the Bering Sea coast of the

Chukchi Peninsula The Chukchi Peninsula (also Chukotka Peninsula or Chukotski Peninsula; russian: Чуко́тский полуо́стров, ''Chukotskiy poluostrov'', short form russian: Чуко́тка, ''Chukotka''), at about 66° N 172° W, is the eastern ...

and the southeastern shores of

Kamchatka The Kamchatka Peninsula (russian: полуостров Камчатка, Poluostrov Kamchatka, ) is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about . The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk make up the peninsula's eastern and west ...

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Akhmatov Fjord Akhmatov Fjord, also known as Akhmatov Bay (russian: Залив Ахматова, ''Zaliv Akhmatova''), is a fjord in Severnaya Zemlya, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.GoogleEarth This fjord is clogged by ice most of the year. History The fjord was named ...

, Bolshevik Island, Severnaya Zemlya * Ara Bay, Kola Peninsula * Arkhangelskaya Bay, Novaya Zemlya * Bezymyannaya Fjord, Novaya Zemlya * Blafyel Bay, Novaya Zemlya * Bolshaya Karmakulskaya, Novaya Zemlya * Bolshaya Volokovaya,

* Borzov Bay, Novaya Zemlya * Brandt Bay, Novaya Zemlya''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 North Coast of Russia Enroute'', p. 77 * Chekin Bay, Novaya Zemlya''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 North Coast of Russia Enroute'', p. 78 *

Dolgaya Shchel Dolgaya Shchel (russian: Долгая Щель) is a fjord on the northwestern coast of the Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast, Russia. See also *List of fjords of Russia This is a list of the most important fjords of the Russian Federation. Fjor ...

, Kola Peninsula * Goltsovoye Lake, Novaya Zemlya (a lake with a fjord structure) * Gribovaya Bay (Gribovii Fjord), Novaya Zemlya * Inostrantsev Bay, Novaya Zemlya * Khutuda Fjord,

Taymyr Peninsula The Taymyr Peninsula (russian: Таймырский полуостров, Taymyrsky poluostrov) is a peninsula in the Far North of Russia, in the Siberian Federal District, that forms the northernmost part of the mainland of Eurasia. Administrat ...

* Kislaya Guba, Kola Peninsula *

Kola Bay Kola Bay (russian: Кольский залив) 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. The Tuloma, Rosta ...

(Murmansk Fjord), Kola Peninsula *

Klokov Fjord Klokov is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexey Klokov (born 1965), Russian painter *Dmitry Klokov (born 1983), Russian weightlifter * Michail Klokov (1896–1981), Ukrainian-Soviet botanist *Vyacheslav Klokov Vyacheslav I ...

, Novaya Zemlya * Krestovaya Bay, Novaya Zemlya * Krivoshein Bay, Novaya Zemlya * Lednikovoye Lake, Novaya Zemlya (a lake with a fjord structure) * Litke Fjord, Novaya Zemlya * Maka Bay, Novaya Zemlya * Malaya Volokovaya, Kola Peninsula *

Marat Fjord Marat Fjord (russian: Фьорд Марата, ''Fiord Marata''), is a fjord in Severnaya Zemlya, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.GoogleEarth It is blocked by ice most of the year. History Although the shore of the island further north had been visited ...

October Revolution Island October Revolution Island (Russian: Остров Октябрьской Революции, ''Ostrov Oktyabrskoy Revolyutsii'') is the largest island of the Severnaya Zemlya group in the Russian Arctic. It is named after the October Revolution ...

, Severnaya Zemlya * Mashigin Fjord, Novaya Zemlya * Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya (a strait with a fjord structure) ** Meta Bay, a northern branch of Matochkin Shar *

Matusevich Fjord Matusevich Fjord (russian: Фьорд Матусевича, ''Fiord Matusevicha''), is a fjord in Severnaya Zemlya, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.GoogleEarth This fjord is blocked by heavy ice the whole year round. Its iceberg-producing activity is unm ...

, Severnaya Zemlya * Medvezhy Bay, Novaya Zemlya''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 North Coast of Russia Enroute'', p. 78 *

Mityushikha Bay Mityushikha Bay (russian: Губа Митюшиха) is a bay on Severny Island in Novaya Zemlya, Russia. Nuclear tests were conducted in 1961 in the area of the bay. Geography It is a long fjord open to the west near the SW end of the island, ...

(Mytyushev Bay), Novaya Zemlya * Neznayemy Bay, Novaya Zemlya''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 North Coast of Russia Enroute'', p. 78 * Nordenskiöld Bay, Novaya Zemlya * Northern Sulmenev Bay, Novaya Zemlya * Oga Bay, Novaya Zemlya *

Partizan Fjord Partizan may refer to: Sport * JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs: **AK Partizan, athletics ** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling ** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo **FK Partizan, association fo ...

, Bolshevik Island, Severnaya Zemlya *

Pechenga Bay Pechenga Bay (russian: Печенгская губа, fi, Petsamonvuono; also ''Petsamo Fjord'' and ''Pechenga Fjord'') is a fjord-like bay of the Barents Sea on the Kola Peninsula in the Murmansk Oblast, Russia, about 25 km east from the bor ...

, Kola Peninsula * Penkigney Bay, Chukchi Peninsula * Polisadov Bay, Novaya Zemlya *

Providence Bay Providence Bay (russian: Бу́хта Провиде́ния, ''Bukhta Provideniya'') is a fjord in the southern coast of the Chukchi Peninsula of northeastern Siberia. It was a popular rendezvous, wintering spot, and provisioning spot for whaler ...

, Chukchi Peninsula * Pukhov Fjord, Novaya Zemlya * Russkaya Bay, Kamchatka * Russkaya Gavan' Fjord, Novaya Zemlya * Serebryanka fjord, Novaya ZemlyaIce-free conditions in Novaya Zemlya 35 000–30 000 cal years BP
/ref> * Sedov Bay, Novaya Zemlya''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 North Coast of Russia Enroute'', p. 79 * Shubert Bay, Novaya Zemlya * Southern Sulmenev Bay, Novaya Zemlya *

Spartak Fjord Spartak may refer to: In sports *Spartak (sports society), an international fitness and sports society that unites some countries of the former Soviet Union In Russia *FC Spartak Moscow, a football club *FC Spartak Kostroma, a football club *PFC ...

, Bolshevik Island, Severnaya Zemlya * Stepovoy Fjord, Novaya Zemlya * Tarya Bay, Kamchatka * Tereza Klavenes Fjord,

* Thaelmann Fjord, Bolshevik Island, Severnaya Zemlya * Tsivolko Bay (Ziwolka Fjord), Novaya Zemlya''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 North Coast of Russia Enroute'', p. 79 * Tumannaya Bay, Bolshevik Island, Severnaya Zemlya * Ura Bay, Kola Peninsula * Vera Bay, Novaya Zemlya * Vilkitsky Bay, Novaya Zemlya * Vilyuchin Bay, Kamchatka * Voryema Bay, Kola Peninsula * Zapadnaya Litsa, Kola Peninsula

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Novaya Zemlya: The Extreme of Europe
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