Kola Peninsula

British

/ ˈkəʊlə /

noun

a peninsula in NW Russia, between the Barents and White Seas: forms most of the Murmansk region. Area: about 130 000 sq km (50 000 sq miles)

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Most of Russia’s fleet of nuclear submarines and icebreakers is located on the Arctic Kola Peninsula.

From The Wall Street Journal

It is this zone Russia's Northern Fleet missile-launching submarines based on the Kola Peninsula must cross to disappear into the deep waters of the Atlantic.

From Barron's

Russia is militarily dominant there, with nuclear-submarine forces, missile bases, airfields and ports on the Kola Peninsula.

From The Wall Street Journal

The area through which Tara Polar Station will transit is near the Kola Peninsula, home to Russia's Northern Fleet, which includes submarines capable of carrying nuclear weapons.

From Barron's

The Arctic Kola Peninsula hosts Russia’s Northern Fleet, with advanced land, air and naval assets, including some of its nuclear arsenal.

From The Wall Street Journal

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