Murmansk ? the capital and largest city is an important naval base and has a large sea port which remains ice free year round; the world's largest city north of the Arctic Circle
Kirovsk ? a large town with the world's northernmost botanical gardens and a ski resort
Kola ? the peninsula's oldest town boasts its original fort, the Cathedral of the Assumption (the first stone building in the region), and a museum of local culture
Polyarny ? a closed town, one of the region's oldest, on the Murmansk Fjord; currently a site for decommissioning nuclear Soviet and Russian submarines
Severomorsk ? a closed city, the region's second largest city, and the main administrative center of the Russian Northern Fleet
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