The calving end of aglacier at a fjord inNovaya Zemlya . View ofAkhmatov Fjord ,Bolshevik Island , Severnaya Zemlya. View of a fjord in southeasternKamchatka . This is a list of the most importantfjords of theRussian Federation .
In spite of the vastness of the Arctic coastlines of the Russian Federation there are relatively few fjords in Russia. Fjords are circumscribed to certain areas only; over thirty are inNovaya Zemlya —including lakes which are structurally fjords, with a few others in theBarents Sea coast of theKola Peninsula , theSevernaya Zemlya archipelago, theBering Sea coast of theChukchi Peninsula [ 1] Kamchatka .[ 2]
Akhmatov Fjord , Bolshevik Island, Severnaya ZemlyaAra Bay , Kola PeninsulaArkhangelskaya Bay , Novaya Zemlya[ 3] Bezymyannaya Fjord , Novaya Zemlya[ 4] Blafyel Bay , Novaya Zemlya[ 5] Bolshaya Karmakulskaya , Novaya Zemlya[ 6] Bolshaya Volokovaya ,Kola Peninsula Borzov Bay , Novaya Zemlya[ 7] Brandt Bay , Novaya Zemlya[ 8] Chekin Bay , Novaya Zemlya[ 9] Dolgaya Shchel , Kola PeninsulaGoltsovoye Lake , Novaya Zemlya (a lake with a fjord structure)[ 10] Gribovaya Bay (Gribovii Fjord), Novaya ZemlyaInostrantsev Bay , Novaya Zemlya[ 11] Khutuda Fjord ,Taymyr Peninsula [ 12] Kislaya Guba , Kola PeninsulaKola Bay (Murmansk Fjord), Kola PeninsulaKlokov Fjord , Novaya Zemlya[ 13] Krestovaya Bay , Novaya Zemlya[ 14] Krivoshein Bay , Novaya Zemlya[ 15] Lednikovoye Lake , Novaya Zemlya (a lake with a fjord structure)[ 16] Litke Fjord , Novaya Zemlya[ 17] Maka Bay , Novaya ZemlyaMalaya Volokovaya , Kola PeninsulaMarat Fjord ,October Revolution Island , Severnaya ZemlyaMashigin Fjord , Novaya Zemlya[ 18] Matochkin Shar , Novaya Zemlya (a strait with a fjord structure)[ 19] Meta Bay , a northern branch of Matochkin SharMatusevich Fjord ,October Revolution Island , Severnaya ZemlyaMedvezhy Bay , Novaya Zemlya[ 9] Mityushikha Bay (Mytyushev Bay), Novaya Zemlya[ 20] Neznayemy Bay , Novaya Zemlya[ 9] Nordenskiöld Bay, Novaya Zemlya [ 21] Northern Sulmenev Bay , Novaya Zemlya[ 22] Oga Bay , Novaya Zemlya[ 23] Partizan Fjord , Bolshevik Island, Severnaya ZemlyaPechenga Bay , Kola PeninsulaPenkigney Bay , Chukchi PeninsulaPolisadov Bay , Novaya Zemlya[ 24] Providence Bay , Chukchi PeninsulaPukhov Fjord , Novaya Zemlya[ 25] Russkaya Bay , Kamchatka[ 26] Russkaya Gavan' Fjord , Novaya Zemlya[ 27] Serebryanka fjord , Novaya Zemlya[ 28] Sedov Bay , Novaya Zemlya[ 29] Shubert Bay , Novaya Zemlya[ 30] Southern Sulmenev Bay , Novaya Zemlya[ 31] Spartak Fjord , Bolshevik Island, Severnaya ZemlyaStepovoy Fjord , Novaya Zemlya[ 32] Tarya Bay , Kamchatka[ 33] Tereza Klavenes Fjord ,Taymyr Peninsula [ 34] Thaelmann Fjord , Bolshevik Island, Severnaya ZemlyaTsivolko Bay (Ziwolka Fjord), Novaya Zemlya[ 29] Tumannaya Bay , Bolshevik Island, Severnaya ZemlyaUra Bay , Kola PeninsulaVera Bay , Novaya ZemlyaVilkitsky Bay , Novaya ZemlyaVilyuchin Bay , Kamchatka[ 35] Voryema Bay , Kola PeninsulaZapadnaya Litsa , Kola Peninsula^ P. Brovko et al. inThe Diversity of Russian Estuaries and Lagoons Exposed to Human Influence edited by Ruben Kosyan, p. 64 ^ Kaplin, P.A.,Fjord coasts of the Soviet Union. Publishing House of theUSSR Academy of Sciences , Moscow 1962 ^ "Guba Arkhangel'skaya" .Mapcarta . Retrieved18 December 2016 .^ "Guba Bezymyannaya" .Mapcarta . Retrieved18 December 2016 .^ "Bukhta Blaf'yel' .Mapcarta . Retrieved16 December 2016 .^ "Guba Bol'shaya Karmakul'skaya" .Mapcarta . Retrieved18 December 2016 .^ "Zaliv Borzova" .Mapcarta . Retrieved16 December 2016 .^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 North Coast of Russia Enroute , p. 77^a b c Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 North Coast of Russia Enroute , p. 78^ "Ozero Gol'tsovoye" .Mapcarta . Retrieved18 December 2016 .^ JaapJan Zeeberg,Into the Ice Sea: Barents' Wintering on Novaya Zemlya , Purdue University Press 2005, p. 207 ^ "F'ord Khutuda" .Mapcarta . Retrieved23 December 2016 .^ "Zaliv Klokova" .Mapcarta . Retrieved18 December 2016 .^ Mark Nuttall,Encyclopedia of the Arctic , p. 1872 ^ "Zaliv Krivosheina" .Mapcarta . Retrieved18 December 2016 .^ AGU - Lednikovoye Glaciers, Novaya Zemlya 1999–2016 retreat ^ "Zaliv Litke" .Mapcarta . Retrieved18 December 2016 .^ "Guba Mashigina" .Mapcarta . Retrieved18 December 2016 .^ Alexander P. Lisitzin,Sea-Ice and Iceberg Sedimentation in the Ocean: Recent and Past , p. 449 ^ "Guba Mityushikha" .Mapcarta . Retrieved16 December 2016 .^ "Zaliv Nordenshel'da" .Mapcarta . Retrieved16 December 2016 .^ "Guba Severnaya Sul'meneva" .Mapcarta . Retrieved16 December 2016 .^ "Zaliv Oga" .Mapcarta . Retrieved16 December 2016 .^ "Bukhta Polisadova" .Mapcarta . Retrieved17 December 2016 .^ "Zaliv Pukhovyy" .Mapcarta . Retrieved18 December 2016 .^ "Bukhta Russkaya" .Mapcarta . Retrieved18 December 2016 .^ Glacier extent in a Novaya Zemlya fjord during the “Little Ice Age” inferred from glaciomarine sediment records ^ Ice-free conditions in Novaya Zemlya 35 000–30 000 cal years BP ^a b Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 North Coast of Russia Enroute , p. 79^ "Zaliv Shuberta" .Mapcarta . Retrieved16 December 2016 .^ "Guba Yuzhnaya Sul'meneva" .Mapcarta . Retrieved16 December 2016 .^ "Zaliv Stepovogo" .Mapcarta . Retrieved18 December 2016 .^ "Bukhta Tar'ya" .Mapcarta . Retrieved19 December 2016 .^ "Zaliv Terezy Klavenes" .Mapcarta . Retrieved23 December 2016 .^ "Vilyuchinskaya Bukhta" .Mapcarta . Retrieved19 December 2016 .
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