Kandalaksha Bay
Kandalaksha Bay
- Country:
- Russian Federation
- Site number:
- 110
- Area:
- 208,000.0 ha
- Designation date:
- 11-10-1976
- Coordinates:
- 66°46'N 33°07'59"E
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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
Ramsar Information Sheet (RIS)
- RU110_RIS170704.pdf
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