Kandalaksha Coast
The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Kandalaksha Coast
a name for the northern shore of Kandalaksha Bay, on the White Sea. In its western part (from Kandalaksha to Cape Turii) the coast is high and rocky, with many offshore islands and reefs; east of the cape it is low and weakly dissected. It is covered with coniferous forests (pine, fir).
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