Severomorsk
Severomorsk serves as the main base and administrative centre for the Northern Fleet. The city lies 25km north of Murmansk on the eastern side of the Murmansk Fjord. Severomorsk has a population of 70,000. Read on
Gadzhievo
The naval installation at Gadzhievo consists of a base point in Olenaya Bay and the settlemnet Skalisty. Read on
Sayda Bay
Sayda Bay is a former fishing village that was annexed as a military area in 1990. Its former inhabitants were moved out and the area is now used for storing hulls and reactor compartments from nuclear submarines. Read on
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Vidyaevo
The naval base Vidyaevo consists of two bases: Ara Bay and Ura Bay. The town of Vidyaevo itself with its 20,000 inhabitants lies on the eastern side of the Ura Bay, six kilometres north of the village of Ura Bay proper. The area has served as a base for diesel-powered submarines since the beginning of the 1960s. In 1979, it also became a base for nuclear-powered submarines. Read on
Zapadnaya Litsa
Zapadnaya Litsa is the largest and most important Russian naval base for nuclear-powered submarines. The base is located on the Litsa Fjord at the westernmost point of the Kola Peninsula, about 45 kilometres from the Norwegian border. Read on
Gremikha
Gremikha (Iokanga) naval base is the second onshore storage site at the Kola Peninsula for spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste from submarines. The base is the easternmost Northern Fleet base at the Kola Peninsula, located 350 kilometres east of the mouth of the Murmansk fjord. Jump to section
Andreeva Bay
The largest storage for naval spent nuclear fuel is located in Andreeva Bay, situated on the north-western side of the Kola Peninsula. Andreeva Bay, part of Zapadnaya Litsa, is 55 kilometres to the Russian-Norwegian boarder. Jump to section
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