Kandalaksha Gulf
Kandalaksha District sits in the southwest corner of Murmansk Olblast, covering 9.9% of the Murmansk region. A small part of the district is on the Kola Peninsula and the remainder on the mainland. It borders Finland to the west and the Republic of Karelia to the south. Kandalaksha Gulf is on the eastern border of the district. Most of the district is forested (60%) with pine and northern-taiga spruce-pine trees. Much of the remainder is lakes and rivers. The southern islands and territories of the Kandalaksha Nature Reserve are in the district.