What is White Sea?
{{redlinks|date=May 2013}} [[File:Кандалакшский залив.jpg|thumb|Kandalaksha Gulf]] The '''White Sea''' is a southern [[inlet]] of the [[Barents Sea]]. It is on the northwest coast of [[Russia]].<ref name=bse>[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article107048.html White Sea], [[Great Soviet Encyclopedia]] (in Russian)</ref><ref name=brit>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/642594/White-Sea White Sea], Encyclopædia Britannica on-line</ref> It is surrounded by [[Karelia]] to the west, the [[Kola Peninsula]] to the north, and the [[Kanin Peninsula]] to the northeast. All of the White Sea is under Russian control and considered to be part of the internal waters of Russia.<ref name=rev>A. D. Dobrovolskyi and B. S. Zalogin [http://tapemark.narod.ru/more/10.html Seas of USSR. White Sea], Moscow University (1982) (in Russian)</ref> It is divided between [[Arkhangelsk Oblast|Arkhangelsk]] and [[Murmansk Oblast]]s and the [[Republic of Karelia]]. The major port of [[Arkhangelsk]] is on the White Sea. It is an important [[Soviet]] naval and submarine base. The [[White Sea-Baltic Canal]] connects the White Sea with the [[Baltic Sea]]. The White Sea is one of four seas named in English after common colour terms. The others are the [[Black Sea]], the [[Red Sea]] and the [[Yellow Sea]]. ==Geography== [[File:Severodvinsk Yagry Island Beach.jpg|thumb|Summer day on a beach near [[Severodvinsk]], on the southeastern shore of the sea]] [[File:Kiy-island Russia.jpg|thumb|Shore of Onega Bay on [[Kiy Island]]]] There are four main bays or gulfs on the White Sea. [[Kandalaksha Gulf]] is in the western part of the White Sea. It is the deepest part of the sea, reaching 340 metres (1,115 feet). On the south, [[Onega Bay]] receives the [[Onega River]]. To the southeast, the [[Dvina Bay]] receives the [[Northern Dvina River]] at the major port of [[Arkhangelsk]]. On the east side, opposite the [[Kola peninsula]], is [[Mezen Bay]]. It receives the [[Mezen River]] and the [[Kuloy River (White Sea)|Kuloy River]]. Other major rivers flowing int