Pechora Sea

The Pechora Sea (Russian: Печо́рское мо́ре, Pechorskoye More) is an Arctic sea to the northwest of European Russia, forming the southeastern portion of the Barents Sea. It is bordered to the west by Kolguyev Island; to the east by Vaygach Island's western coasts and the Yugorsky Peninsula; and to the north by the southern end of Novaya Zemlya. Located in the centre of the East-Atlantic flyway, the Pechora Sea supports about 600 taxa and the Barents Sea's highest total biomass. It is the site of the yearly migration of one of the largest salmon stocks in Northern Europe. Compared to the rest of the Barents Sea, the Pechora Sea is unique for its more continental climate, lower salinity, shallowness, separation from the open sea, and large input from rivers, as well as a low level of human interference, historically. Its temperate characteristics are not typical of the Arctic.