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

bay A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a Gulf (geography), gulf, sea, sound (geography), sound, or bight (geogra ...

of the Barents Sea on the Kola Peninsula in the

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 ...

, Russia. It is an extension of the Kola Inlet, which opens out to the north into the Barents Sea. The Pechenga River 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 Gadzhiyevo (russian: Гаджи́ево) is a town under the administrative jurisdiction of the closed administrative-territorial formation of Alexandrovsk in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Population: It was previously known as ''Yagelnaya Guba'' ( ...

(also known as Skalisty) in the

, and is home port to submarine units of Russia's Northern Fleet. In May 2019 satellite views of the base taken from Google maps were republished noting pens that suggested military use of

cetaceans Cetacea (; , ) is an infraorder of aquatic mammals that includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Key characteristics are their fully aquatic lifestyle, streamlined body shape, often large size and exclusively carnivorous diet. They propel them ...

there, including possibly a tame beluga whale discovered in Northern Norway what has been dubbed

Hvaldimir Hvaldimir is a male beluga whale that fishermen near Hammerfest in northern Norway noticed in April 2019 wearing a camera harness. After being freed from the harness, the whale remained in the area and appeared used to humans. Speculation that he ...

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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