Olenya Bay or Olenya Guba (russian: Оле́нья Губа) is a bay 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 ...

on the

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in the Murmansk Oblast,

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. It is an extension of the

Kola Inlet 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 ...

, which opens out to the north into the

. The

Pechenga River The Pechenga (russian: Пече́нга, fi, Petsamonjoki) is a river in Murmansk Oblast, Russia (Kola Peninsula). It is the namesake for the Pechenga settlement, Pechenga Monastery and the Pechenga District. The river discharges into the Pech ...

discharges into the bay. A Russian naval, formerly Soviet, base is located on the shores of the bay. It is part of the naval installation at Gadzhievo (also known as Skalisty) in the Murmansk Oblast, and is home port to submarine units of Russia's

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. In May 2019 satellite views of the base taken from

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were republished noting pens that suggested military use of cetaceans there, including possibly a tame

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discovered in Northern Norway what has been dubbed Hvaldimir.

References

External links

Northern Fleet: Naval Facilities near Murmansk, Murmansk Oblast
Bays of the Barents Sea Bays of Murmansk Oblast Russian and Soviet Navy bases {{MurmanskOblast-geo-stub