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The Barents Sea (/ ˈ b ær ə n t s / BARR-ənts, also US: / ˈ b ɑːr ə n t s / BAR-ənts; [1] Norwegian: Barentshavet, Urban East Norwegian: [ˈbɑ̀ːrəntsˌhɑːvə]; [2] Russian: Баренцево море, romanized: Barentsevo More) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, [3] located off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia and divided between Norwegian and Russian territorial ...
Notable rivers of Russia in Europe are the Volga (which is the longest river in Europe), Pechora, Don, Kama, Oka and the Northern Dvina, while several other rivers originate in Russia but flow into other countries, such as the Dnieper (flowing through Russia, then Belarus and Ukraine and into the Black Sea) and the Western Dvina (flowing ...
The Vayenga (Russian: Ваенга) is a river in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Of length 25 km, it flows into the Vayenga Bay (Russian: Губа Ваенга) of the Kola Bay, Barents Sea. [1] The town of Severomorsk (formerly Vayenga) is located by the Vayenga Bay. [2]
The Baltic Sea, in turn, is connected by the Volga–Baltic Waterway to the Volga River, Black, Caspian, and Azov seas. The major ports on the White Sea are Arkhangelsk, Belomorsk, Onega, Mezen, Kem, Kandalaksha and Umba. Despite being frozen in winter, the sea remains navigable all year around because of deployment of icebreakers. [2]
The Russian Arctic stretches for close to 7,000 kilometres (4,300 mi) west to east, from Karelia and the Kola Peninsula to Nenetsia, the Gulf of Ob, the Taymyr Peninsula and the Chukchi Peninsula (Kolyma, Anadyr River, Cape Dezhnev). Russian islands and archipelagos in the Arctic Sea include Novaya Zemlya, Severnaya Zemlya, and the New Siberian ...
A map showing the location of the Kara Strait. 70°30′N 58°0′E / 70.500°N 58.000°E / 70.500; The Kara Strait or Kara Gates ( Russian : Карские Ворота , romanized : Karskiye Vorota ) is a 56 km (35 mi) wide channel of water between the southern end of Novaya Zemlya and the northern tip of Vaygach Island .
Barents Sea (3 C, 60 P) Bering Sea (4 C, 29 P) Black Sea (16 C, 30 P) C. Chukchi Sea (2 C, 77 P) E. East Siberian Sea (1 C, 17 P) J. Sea of Japan (3 C, 18 P) K. Kara ...
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