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Kola Bay (russian: Кольский залив) or Murmansk Fjord is a 57-km-long
Kola Bay (russian: Кольский залив) or Murmansk Fjord is a 57-km-long fjord
In physical geography, a fjord or fiord () is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Ice ...
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 ...
that cuts into the northern part of the Kola Peninsula
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. It is up to 7 km wide and has a depth of 200 to 300 metres. The Tuloma, Rosta Rosta may refer to:
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**Rosta railway station
*Rosta, Republic of Dagestan, a rural locality in Russia
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and Kola Rivers discharge into the bay.
The eastern shore is craggy and precipitous, the western one is comparatively level. The ports of Murmansk
Murmansk (Russian: ''Мурманск'' lit. "Norwegian coast"; Finnish: ''Murmansk'', sometimes ''Muurmanski'', previously ''Muurmanni''; Norwegian: ''Norskekysten;'' Northern Sámi: ''Murmánska;'' Kildin Sámi: ''Мурман ланнҍ'') i ...
and Severomorsk sit on the east side. Polyarny, the main base of Russia's Northern Fleet, is on the west side of the bay.
Semidiurnal tide
Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon (and to a much lesser extent, the Sun) and are also caused by the Earth and Moon orbiting one another.
Tide tables can ...
s in the Murmansk Fjord are as high as 4 metres. In winter, the southern part of the bay may be covered in ice. The Kola Bay Bridge
Kola Bay Bridge (russian: Мост через Кольский залив; Kola Bridge, Kolsky Bridge - russian: Кольский мост) across the Kola Bay in Murmansk, Russia is the world's longest automobile bridge north of the Polar Circ ...
spans the Kola Bay near its southern end
See also
*List of fjords of Russia
This is a list of the most important fjords of the Russian Federation. Fjords
In spite of the vastness of the Arctic coastlines of the Russian Federation there are relatively few fjords in Russia. Fjords are circumscribed to certain areas only; ...
Notes
* ''This article is based on a translation of the equivalent article of the Russian Wikipedia on 13 July 2008''. {{Authority control Bays of the Barents Sea Fjords of Russia Bodies of water of Murmansk Oblast