The Pechenga (russian: Пече́нга, fi, Petsamonjoki) is a river in

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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(

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). It is the

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for the Pechenga settlement, Pechenga Monastery and the

Pechenga District Pechengsky District (russian: Пе́ченгский райо́н; fi, Petsamo; no, Peisen; se, Beahcán; sms, Peäccam) is an administrative district (raion), one of the six in Murmansk Oblast, Russia.Law #96-01-ZMO As a municipal division, i ...

. The river discharges into the Pechenga Bay by 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. The

Luostari/Pechenga Luostari Pechenga is a former military air base located just two kilometres of former Ylä-Luostari village, adjacent to the village developed around Petsamo (Petshenga) Monastery, (in Finnish language: Luostari = Monastery) Yuri Gagarin served ...

airbase is located along the westbank of the Pechenga near Luostari at Korzunovo. The river is heavily contaminated by

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due to

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operations in the

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.State of the Environment in the Norwegian, Finnish and Russian Border Area

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Rivers of Murmansk Oblast Drainage basins of the Barents Sea {{Russia-river-stub