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Onega Bay (Russian: Онежская губа, Онежский залив) is a bay of the White Sea in northwestern Russia, southwest of Arkhangelsk. Length: 185 km, width:50-100 km, depth: 16 m (average), 36 m (max). In geography, a bay or gulf is a collection of water that is surrounded by land on three sides. ... Barents Sea, the Kola Peninsula and the White Sea. ... The city of Arkhangelsk (Архангельск, formerly in English Archangel) lies on the Northern Dvina River near its exit into the White Sea in the far north of European Russia, at 64°32′N 40°32′E. It is the capital of the Arkhangelsk Oblast and was the chief sea port of...


Rivers Onega, Kem, Keret and Vyg flow into the bay. the bay has numerous islands, the largest and most famous being the Solovetsky Islands. On the west coast a town of Belomorsk is located and the outlet of the White Sea-Baltic Canal. Onega River (Онега in Russian) is a river in the Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. ... The Solovetsky Islands (Russian: ), also known as Solovki, are a group of islands in the White Sea in the Onega Bay in the Arkhangelsk Oblast of Russia. ... Belomorsk (Russian: ) is a town in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. ... White Sea-Baltic Sea Canal (Russian: Belomorsko-Baltiyskiy Kanal (BBK)), opened on August 2, 1933 is a ship canal that joins the White Sea and the Baltic Sea near St. ...


 

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