White sea
Water type: Sea
Connection to the ocean: Arctic ocean
Continent:
Europe
Climate:
Subpolar
Country:
Russia
Largest tributaries
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Gadiformes - Cods
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
The White Sea is a southern inlet of the Barents Sea located on the northwest coast of Russia, also the marginal sea of the Artic ocean.
It is surrounded by Karelia to the west, the Kola Peninsula to the north, and the Kanin Peninsula to the northeast. The whole of the White Sea is under Russian sovereignty and considered to be part of the internal waters of Russia.