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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, Icel ...

s of the

Russian Federation Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eight ...

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 Novaya Zemlya (, also , ; rus, Но́вая Земля́, p=ˈnovəjə zʲɪmˈlʲa, ) is an archipelago in northern Russia. It is situated in the Arctic Ocean, in the extreme northeast of Europe, with Cape Flissingsky, on the northern isla ...

—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 The Kola Peninsula (russian: Кольский полуостров, Kolsky poluostrov; sjd, Куэлнэгк нёа̄ррк) is a peninsula in the extreme northwest of Russia, and one of the largest peninsulas of Europe. Constituting the bulk ...

, 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 The Bering Sea (, ; rus, Бе́рингово мо́ре, r=Béringovo móre) is a marginal sea of the Northern Pacific Ocean. It forms, along with the Bering Strait, the divide between the two largest landmasses on Earth: Eurasia and The Ame ...

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. * Akhmatov Fjord, Bolshevik Island, Severnaya Zemlya *

Ara Bay Vidyayevo (russian: Видя́ево) is a closed rural inhabited locality in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Despite having a rural status, it is municipally incorporated as Vidyayevo Urban Okrug, as such status is the only one allowed by the federa ...

, 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 Brandt may refer to: Places United States * Brandt, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Brandt, South Dakota, a town * Brandt Township, Polk County, Minnesota Elsewhere * Mount Brandt, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica * Brandt Cove, South Georgia Is ...

, 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, 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 (Murmansk Fjord), Kola Peninsula * Klokov Fjord, 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 Revoluti ...

, Severnaya Zemlya * Mashigin Fjord, Novaya Zemlya *

Matochkin Shar Matochkin Strait or Matochkin Shar (russian: Ма́точкин Шар) is a strait, structurally a fjord, between the Severny and Yuzhny Islands of Novaya Zemlya. It connects the Barents Sea and the Kara Sea. Geography The Matochkin Strait i ...

, 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 bo ...

, 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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