Location of Kola south of the Barents Sea.

The Kola Peninsula (Кольский полуостров, Kol'skij poluostrov in Russian) is a peninsula in the far north of Russia, part of the Murmansk Oblast. It borders upon the Barents Sea on the North and the White Sea on the East and South. The west border of the Kola Peninsula stretches along a meridian from the Kola Gulf through the Imandra Lake, Kola Lake, and the Niva River to the Kandalaksha Gulf. The peninsula covers an area of about 100 000 square km. The north coast is steep and high, the southern is flat. In the west part of the peninsula there are two mountain ranges: the Khibiny Mountains, and the Lovozero Tundra (up to 1120 m in height). In the central part of the peninsula lies the Keyvy watershed. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1200x1098, 780 KB) This map shows the location of the Barents Sea north of Russia and Norway, and the surrounding seas and islands. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1200x1098, 780 KB) This map shows the location of the Barents Sea north of Russia and Norway, and the surrounding seas and islands. ... Map showing the location of the Barents Sea. ... Peninsula A peninsula (from Latin paene insula, almost island) is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body, surrounded by water on three sides. ... Murmansk Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Map showing the location of the Barents Sea. ... Barents Sea, the Kola Peninsula and the White Sea. ... Lake Imandra Imandra (Имандра) is a lake on the Kola Peninsula, south of Murmansk in Lapland. ... Niva River (Нива in Russian) is a river in the Murmansk Oblast in Russia. ... The Khibiny Massif, Khibiny Mountains or Khibins is one of the two main mountain ranges of the Kola Peninsula, Russia. ... Lovozero Tundras (Russian: Ловозёрские тундры, Lovozerskiye Tundras, named after the lake in that area – Lovozero; the region is also known as Ловозёрье, Lovozerye, Lovozyorye) is a mountain range located in the center of Kola Peninsula, in Russia, between Lovozero and Umbozero Lake, and constitute a shoe-shaped ridge of picturesque hills, that surround...

The Kola peninsula is extremely rich in various ores and minerals, including apatites, alumina sources, iron ore, mica, ceramic raw, titanium ore, phlogopite, and vermiculite, as well as ores of less-common and colored metals. The Kola Superdeep Borehole which is the deepest borehole in the world, is located here also, near the Norwegian border. Apatite is a group of phosphate minerals, usually referring to: hydroxylapatite, fluorapatite, and chlorapatite, named for high concentrations of OH-, F-, or Cl- ions, respectively, in the crystal lattice. ... Aluminium oxide (or aluminum oxide) (Al2O3) is a chemical compound of aluminium and oxygen. ... This heap of iron ore pellets will be used in steel production. ... rock with mica Mica sheet mica flakes The mica group of minerals includes several closely related materials having highly perfect basal cleavage. ... General Name, Symbol, Number titanium, Ti, 22 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 4, 4, d Appearance silvery metallic Atomic mass 47. ... Phlogopite is a yellow, greenish or reddish brown member of the mica family of phyllosilicates. ... Vermiculite is a natural mineral which expands with the application of heat. ... The Kola Superdeep Borehole (KSDB) is a Russian-funded project to drill into the Earths crust. ... Water borehole in northern Uganda A borehole is a deep and narrow shaft in the ground used for abstraction of fluid or gas reserves below the earths surface. ...

Despite its northern location, the Kola Peninsula has a relatively mild climate, because of the influence of warm Atlantic currents. The average temperature in January is about -10 °C, in July about +10 °C. The peninsula is covered by Taiga in the south and tundra in the north. Taiga Taiga (IPA pronunciation: , from the Russian тайга́) is a biome characterized by coniferous forests. ... In physical geography, tundra is an area where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and OMFG. The term tundra comes from Kildin Sami tÅ«Ì„ndra, the genitive of tundar, treeless plain. There are three types of tundra: Arctic tundra, Antarctic tundra, and alpine tundra. ...

The Kola Peninsula has many fast-moving rivers with rapids. The most important of them are the Ponoy River, Varzuga River, Teriberka River, Voronya River, and the Iokanga River. The major lakes are: Imandra Lake, Umbozero Lake, Lovozero Lake. The rivers of the peninsula are an important habitat for the Atlantic Salmon salmo salar, which return from Greenland and the Faroe Islands to spawn in fresh water. As a result of this a recreational fishery has been developed, with a number of remote lodges and camps hosting sport-fishermen throughout the summer months. Kola rivers become icebound during the winter. Ponoy River (Поной in Russian) is a river on the Kola Peninsula in Russia. ... Varzuga River (Варзуга in Russian) is a river in the south of the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. ... Voronya River (Воронья in Russian) is a river on the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. ... Iokanga River (Иоканга, or Иоканьга in Russian) is a river in the north of the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. ... Lake Imandra Imandra (Имандра) is a lake on the Kola Peninsula, south of Murmansk in Lapland. ... Umbozero Lake Umbozero Lake (Russian: Умбозеро, named after the adherent Umba River) is located in Murmansk Oblast of Russia, between the Khibiny on the west and Lovozero Tundras on the east. ... The Lovozero Lake (Russian: Ловозеро) is located in the Kola Peninsula, in the Murmansk Oblast within the Barents Sea basin and ensures runoff of the Voronya River. ... Binomial name Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar, from the Latin words Salmo meaning salmon, and salar meaning leaper) is a fish species of the Salmonidae family found in the northern Atlantic Ocean and in rivers that flow into the Atlantic. ...

The peninsula is also home to the Russian Sami (Lappish) peoples, who were forced to settle in the town of Lovozero during the Communist years, and who now herd reindeer across much of the region. Sami flag The Sami People (there are other names and spellings including Sámi, Saami and Lapp) are an indigenous people of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia, covering a total area in the Nordic countries corresponding to the size of Sweden. ... The Lovozero Lake (Russian: Ловозеро) is located in the Kola Peninsula, in the Murmansk Oblast within the Barents Sea basin and ensures runoff of the Voronya River. ... Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ...

The major port of the region is Murmansk. During the Soviet period, Murmansk was a major submarine production center, and remains a major naval headquarters in modern Russia. Murmansk, Archangelsk, Dikson, Tiksi, on the Arctic Ocean Murmansk coin Murmansk (Му́рманск) is a city in the extreme northwest of Russia (north of the Arctic circle) with a seaport on the Kola Gulf, 20 miles from the Barents Sea on the northern shore of the Kola Peninsula, not far from Russia...

The Kola peninsula as a whole suffered major ecological damage, mostly as a result of pollution from the military (particularly naval) production, as well as from industrial mining of apatite. There are currently about 250 nuclear reactors produced by the Soviet military which are no longer in use but still generate radiation and leak radioactive waste on the peninsula. [1]

Literary Appearances

The Kola Peninsula is one of the key locations in the book Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident, and Antony Horowitz's Skeleton Key. Artemis Fowl: the Arctic Incident is the second book in the Artemis Fowl trilogy. ... Alex Rider is a fictional character and novel series created and written by Anthony Horowitz. ...

Kola Bay! Not Kola Gulf!