The Murman Coast (, ) is a coastal area in

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in northwest

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. It is located on the southern side of the

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, between the

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and Cape Svyatoy Nos. The major rivers flowing to the sea at the coast are the Tuloma and the Voronya. The coast originally home to coastal Saami by the 13th century became populated by Pomors and Kola Norwegians. The name "Murman" is believed to be a corruption of the word Norman, referring to the Norsemen. In

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this region was referred to as

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. Administratively, the Murman Coast is shared between Pechengsky, Kolsky and Lovozersky Districts of

and Zaozyorsk, Vidyayevo, Aleksandrovsk,

Murmansk Murmansk () is a port city and the administrative center of Murmansk Oblast in the far Far North (Russia), northwest part of Russia. It is the world's largest city north of the Arctic Circle and sits on both slopes and banks of a modest fjord, Ko ...

Severomorsk Severomorsk (), known as Vayenga () until 18 April 1951, is a closed city, closed types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Severomorsk is the main administrative base of the Russian Northern Fleet. The town is sit ...

, Ostrovnoy. The cities of Zaozyorsk, Gadzhiyevo, Polyarny, Snezhnogorsk,

, Kola,

, Ostrovnoy are all located on the Murman Coast. The Murman Coast, excluding

, is a Russian border security zone, intended to protect the borders of the Russian Federation from unwanted activity. In order to visit the zone, a permit issued by the local FSB department is required.

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Coasts of Russia Landforms of Murmansk Oblast Barents Sea History of Murmansk Oblast History of the Arctic Pomors Sámi history Kingdom of Norway (872–1397) Medieval history of Norway Medieval history of Russia Norway–Russia relations Sámi in Russia

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