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Murmansk Port is the homeport of the barque "Sedov", one of the largest sailing ships in the world. [5] The Murmansk Shipping Company also operates the Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker fleet. [6] In May 2007 it was decided to set up in Murmansk port free trade zone . On 15 October 2010 Murmansk was officially declared a special economic zone. [7]
Murmansk (Russian: Мурманск) is a port city and the administrative center of Murmansk Oblast in the far northwest part of Russia.It is the world's largest city north of the Arctic Circle and sits on both slopes and banks of a modest fjord, Kola Bay, an estuarine inlet of the Barents Sea, with its bulk on the east bank of the inlet.
Port Brabant to 1950 [4] Port of Churchill: Manitoba: Hudson Bay ... Port of Murmansk: Murmansk Oblast: Barents Sea Severomorsk: Murmansk Oblast ...
Emperor Nicholas II Murmansk Airport (Russian: Аэропо́рт Му́рманска им. Николая II or Аэропорт Мурмаши ; IATA : MMK , ICAO : ULMM ) is an international airport serving the city Murmansk in Russia .
The city of Murmansk is an important port on the Northern Sea Route. [59] The largest airports are the Murmansk Airport, which handles international flights to Scandinavian countries, and the joint military-civilian Kirovsk-Apatity Airport [59] located 15 kilometers (9 mi) southeast of Apatity.
Russians started exploring the shores of the White Sea as early as in the 12th century, and in 1916 during World War I founded the Russian city of Murmansk as an ice-free supply port. [20] As of 2010, Murmansk had 307,257 ( 2010 Census ) , [ 8 ] people – nearly 40% of the oblast's population.
Map of the Northern Fleet bases. A Russian naval, formerly Soviet, base is located on the shores of the bay. [1] During the Soviet era, the base, which is located at at 69-13N and 33-23E and is 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) northwest of the Russian Shipyard Number 10 at Polyarny, was known as the "Olenya Guba Submarine Base, Olenya Bay, USSR". [1]
Kola Bay (Russian: Кольский залив) or Murmansk Fjord is a 57-km-long fjord of the Barents Sea that cuts into the northern part of the Kola Peninsula. It is up to 7 km wide and has a depth of 200 to 300 metres. The Tuloma, Rosta and Kola Rivers discharge into the bay.