Area

All investigations carried out in the context of the Kola Ecogeochemistry Project are located within the area comprising all major landmass found:

  • North of the Arctic Circle in Finland, or of the Murmansk-Karelia County border in Russia
  • South of the Barents Sea
  • East of 24 degrees E of longitude
  • West of 35.5 degrees E of longitude

    The map below shows the study area for the Kola Ecogeochemistry Project. Different sub-projects focus on different parts of the above area. The largest frame on the map covers an area of 188,000 km2.

    LOCATION MAP

    (Map: P. de Caritat)
    Map showing the location of the pilot project (green frame), catchment study (yellow dots) and regional geochemical mapping (black frame) areas from the Kola Ecogeochemistry Project. Towns of Kirkenes (K), Nikel (N), Monchegorsk (M), Murmansk (Mu) and Zapoljarniy (Z) are also identified.