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Murmansk (Russian: Мурманск; Kildin Sami: Мурман ланнҍ; Skolt Sami: Muurman and Northern Sami: Murmánska) is a port city and the administrative center of Murmansk Oblast in the far northwest part of Russia.
Murmansk is a city in the extreme northwest of Russia and the world's largest city north of the Arctic Circle. It lies in the Kola Bay on the Kola Peninsula, by the Barents Sea. Map. Directions. Satellite. Photo Map. citymurmansk.ru. Wikivoyage. Wikipedia. Photo: Tom Thiel, CC BY 2.0. Photo: Insider, CC BY-SA 4.0. Type: City with 279,000 residents.
Apr 5, 2024 · Murmansk, oblast (region), northwestern Russia, occupying the Kola Peninsula between the White and Barents seas. Its upland blocks and mountain massifs, rising to 3,907 feet (1,191 metres) in the Khibiny Mountains, are covered by tundra in the north and swampy forest, or taiga, in the south.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Apr 27, 2024 · Murmansk, seaport and center of Murmansk oblast (region), northwestern Russia, lying 125 miles (200 km) north of the Arctic Circle, and on the eastern shore of Kola Bay, 30 miles (48 km) from the ice-free Barents Sea.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Murmansk Oblast is the northernmost region of northwestern Russia, on the Kola Peninsula, which borders Finland 's Lapland to the west, Norway 's Finnmark Region to the northwest, the Barents Sea to the north, the White Sea to the southeast, and Karelia to the south.
Murmansk Oblast is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the northwestern part of the country, with a total land area of 144,900 square kilometres (55,900 sq mi). Its only internal border is the Republic of Karelia to the south, as well is bordered internationally by Finland to the west and Norway to the northwest and the Barents ...
Before Murmansk appeared on the map of Russia in the early 20th century, Arkhangelsk, founded on the White Sea coast in 1584, played the role of the country’s main "northern gate".
