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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(

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 ...

). It is the

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for the Pechenga settlement,

Pechenga Monastery The Pechenga Monastery (russian: Печенгский монастырь; fi, Petsamon luostari) was for many centuries the northernmost monastery in the world. It was founded in 1533 at the influx of the Pechenga River into the Barents Sea, 135& ...

and the Pechenga District. The river discharges into the

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 ...

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 airbase is located along the westbank of the Pechenga near

Luostari Luostari (russian: Луостари) is the name of several rural localities in Russia and an airbase: * Luostari (inhabited locality), an inhabited locality along between Nikel and Pechenga in Korzunovsky Territorial Okrug of Pechengsky District ...

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

References

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