Kola Peninsula
peninsula in the northwest of Russia
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Summary
Kola Peninsula is a peninsula[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of peninsula entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,621 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Murmansk Oblast[3]
- Country: Russia[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Barents Sea[5], White Sea[6], Imandra[7], Kola[8], Niva[9]
- Commons category: Kola Peninsula[10]
- Located in/on physical feature: Fennoscandia[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kola Peninsula[12]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[15], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[16], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[17]
- Area: 100,000 km²[18]
- Name: Куэлнёа̄ррк[19], Куэлнэгк нёа̄ррк[20]
- Has boundary: Kola[21], Imandra[22], Niva[23]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24]
Why It Matters
Kola Peninsula has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]