Talk:Barents Sea
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[edit] Finnish Petsamo Harbour
To give the right name for the Finland´s Artic Sea (Jäämeri / Ishavet ) harbour, the name Petsamo must be corrected to Liinahamari. Liinahamari was located at the 90 metre deep ice free Liinahamari pool. It was opened in summer 1939. The only significant use of the Liinahamari harbour was during the so called Intermediate Peace period from summer 1940 to June 1941 when the Liinahamari harbour in Petsamo area, was the only possible import and export route to the Finnish and also Swedish industry to reach the world markets beyond Europe. During 1920-1939 a small Trifona harbour at Petsamo vuono (fjord) was used as the main harbour for local post ship service to Kalastajansaarento and Heinäsaaret in addition to ones a week service to Kirkkoniemi (Kirkenes) in Norway and for Ocean Fishery. For closer look please visit Finnish Wikipedia under titles Petsamo and Liinahamari. Some articles may be in English.
After 1944 Liinahamari has been converted to Russian naval base and is closed for all commercial shipping. The place is so called closed military area. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.114.205.131 (talk) 18:29, August 29, 2007 (UTC)
What year, or century, was the sea renamed in honour of Willem Barents? Sherurcij (Speaker for the Dead) 09:09, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
