Yona (russian: Ёна) is a
rural locality (a ''
selo'') in
Kovdorsky District
Kovdorsky District (russian: Ковдо́рский райо́н) is an administrative district ( raion), one of the six in Murmansk Oblast, Russia.Law #96-01-ZMO It is located to the west of the Kola Peninsula. The area of the district is .Depa ...
of
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,
located beyond the
Arctic Circle
The Arctic Circle is one of the two polar circles, and the most northerly of the five major circles of latitude as shown on maps of Earth. Its southern equivalent is the Antarctic Circle.
The Arctic Circle marks the southernmost latitude at w ...
at a height of
above sea level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''.
The comb ...
. Population: 314 (
2010 Census).
History
It was first mentioned as the ''
pogost'' of Yono-Babinsky () in 1574. According to other sources, it was established by
Finns and
Sami in 1840.
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Rural localities in Murmansk Oblast
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