Veliky

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Veliky Island (Russian: Великий остров) is an island on the White Sea, off the Karelian Coast of Kandalaksha Gulf, 21 km long, 8km wide. There used to be a hermitage of Old Believers.

The island, together with other islands of the Kandalaksha Gulf, is part of the Kandalaksha Nature Reserve, and therefore navigation within the 500-meter zone off the island, as well as visiting the island are forbidden.

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