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Geographically it is located mainly on the Kola Peninsula, and it is a part of the larger Lapland region that spans over four countries.
It lies almost completely north of the Arctic Circle.
Murmansk Oblast borders Karelia, Finnmark County in Norway and Lapland Province in Finland and, by water, the Barents Sea and the White Sea.
Norrbotten County in Sweden is also located nearby ( 300 km ).
Most of the Murmansk Oblast is hilly, the Khibiny Mountains being the highest point of the region.
The climate is mildered by the proximity of the sea and the gulf stream.
The Oblast is mostly covered by tundra in the north and taiga in the south.
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