Kola Peninsula

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1. Kola Peninsula - Noun

2. Kola Peninsula - Proper noun

Meaning

a peninsula in northwestern Russia projecting eastward between the Barents Sea and the White Sea

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On Oct. 30, 1961, Durnovtsev and his crew took off from an airfield on the Kola Peninsula and headed to the Soviet nuclear test area above the Arctic Circle at Mityushikha Bay, located in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago. Source: Internet

Radioactive wastes and spent nuclear fuel have been stored in the waters off the Kola Peninsula, including locations that are only "two kilometers" from places where Sami live. Source: Internet

Roughly half of all Sámi live in Norway, but many live in Sweden, with smaller groups living in the far north of Finland and the Kola Peninsula of Russia. Source: Internet

The fishing and port industries of the northwestern Kola Peninsula and the huge oil and gas fields of northwestern Siberia are the largest employers in the tundra. Source: Internet

Aging nuclear materials on the Kola Peninsula in Russia are thought to pose a risk of more exposure. Source: Internet

There also used to be minorities speaking Norwegian on the Kola Peninsula. Source: Internet

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