Kola Peninsula

Coordinates: 67°41′18″N 35°56′38″E / 67.68833°N 35.94389°E / 67.68833; 35.94389

The Kola Peninsula (from Northern Sami: Guoládat; Russian: Ко́льский полуо́стров, Kolsky poluostrov) is a peninsula in the far northwest of Russia. Constituting the bulk of the territory of Murmansk Oblast, it lies almost completely inside the Arctic Circle and is bordered by the Barents Sea in the north and the White Sea in the east and southeast. The city of Murmansk is the most populous human settlement on the peninsula, with a population of over 300,000 as of the 2010 Census.

Despite the peninsula's northerly location, its proximity to the Gulf Stream leads to unusually high temperatures in winter, but also results in high winds due to the temperature variations between land and the Barents Sea. Summers are rather chilly, with the average July temperature of only 11 °C (52 °F). The peninsula is covered by taiga in the south and tundra in the north, where permafrost limits the growth of the trees resulting in landscape dominated by shrubs and grasses. The peninsula supports a small variety of mammals, and its rivers are an important habitat for the Atlantic salmon. The Kandalaksha Nature Reserve, established to protect the population of common eider, is located in the Kandalaksha Gulf.

Kola

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Kola (Goražde)

Kola (Goražde) is a village in the municipality of Goražde, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Coordinates: 43°37′50″N 18°50′24″E / 43.63056°N 18.84000°E / 43.63056; 18.84000

Kola (song)

"Kola" is a song by the Finnish rock band The Rasmus, originally released on the band's second album Playboys on 29 August 1997.

The song was released as a promotional single in 1997 by the record label Warner Music Finland. It was the second single from the album Playboys and features only the track "Kola".

Kola is a heavier song compared to the other tracks on Playboys. The song is about cola ("Kola" is the Finnish word for "Cola"). The band was at that moment supporting Pepsi, which can clearly be seen on the cover of the CD single.

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