Cape Svyatoy Nos, Murmansk Oblast

Headland in Russia
Cape Svyatoy Nos
Святой Нос
Cape
View of the cape area
View of the cape area
68°9′27″N 39°44′34″E / 68.15750°N 39.74278°E / 68.15750; 39.74278
LocationKola Peninsula  Russia
Offshore water bodiesBarents Sea / White Sea
Area
 • TotalRussian Far North
Svyatonossky Lighthouseby Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov [ru]

Cape Svyatoy Nos (Russian: Святой Нос, 'Holy Cape', 68°9′27″N 39°44′34″E / 68.15750°N 39.74278°E / 68.15750; 39.74278) is a headland in the Kola Peninsula, located between the Barents Sea and the White Sea.[1] It separates Svyatonossky Gulf from the Barents Sea.

There are a Russian weather station, a lighthouse, and a military base near Cape Svyatoy Nos today.

References

  1. ^ GoogleEarth


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