The Kandalaksha Gulf (Russian: Кандалакшский залив) is located in the Republic of Karelia, and Murmansk Oblast in northwestern Russia. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages The Republic of Karelia (Респу́блика Каре́лия Respublika Kareliya; Karjalan tazavaldu Karjalan tasavalta Karjalan Tazovaldkund is a federal Murmansk Oblast (Му́рманская о́бласть Murmanskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an Oblast) located in the Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Forming the north-western corner of the White Sea, it is one of four large bays and gulfs of this sea, the others being the Onega Bay (south-west), the Dvina Bay (south), and the Mezen Bay (south east). The White Sea (Бе́лое мо́ре Vienanmeri is an Inlet of the Barents Sea on the northwest coast of Russia. Onega Bay (Онежская губа Онежский залив is a Bay of the White Sea in northwestern Russia, southwest of Arkhangelsk The Dvina Bay (Dvinskaya Guba in Russian) is located in Arkhangelsk Oblast Russia. The Mezen Bay is located in Arkhangelsk Oblast and Nenets Autonomous Okrug in Northwestern Russia.
The Kola Peninsula lies north of the Kandalaksha Gulf. The Kola Peninsula (from Sami language Guoládat) (Кольский полуостров Kol'skij poluostrov) is a Peninsula in the far
The city of Kandalaksha is located at the northern tip of the gulf; the new oil port Vitino, some 10 km to the south. Kandalaksha (Кандала́кша Kantalahti also Kandalax or Candalax in the old maps Norwegian: Kandalaksja, Karelian: Vitino (Витино is an oil port on the White Sea in Russia.