Kandalaksha Bay

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Kandalaksha Bay

  • Country: 
    Russian Federation
  • Site number: 
    110
  • Area: 
    208,000 ha
  • Designation date: 
    11-10-1976
  • Coordinates: 
    66°46'N 33°07'E
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Overview

Strict Nature Reserve, Wildlife Refuge. The inner part of a bay, consisting of 850 islands set in a glacial landscape dominated by coniferous forest. The area supports a rich, benthic invertebrate fauna providing an important food supply for various species of nesting waterbirds. Large numbers of ducks molt in the area.

Administrative region: 
Murmansk Oblast

  • National legal designation: 
    • The Kandalakshsky State Nature Zapovednik
  • Last publication date: 
    01-07-2008

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