Lake Kolvitskoye

Kolvitskoye lies in the southwestern Kola Peninsula, amid wooded hills and mountains with bare summits. The short Kolvitsa flows from the lake into a bay of the Kandalaksha Gulf, dropping sharply over rapids and falls before reaching the White Sea. Archaeological sites near the river's source have yielded quartz implements of ancient date. The lake and river join the inland forest country to the coast across a relatively short distance.