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DCS: Kola Map by Orbx adds a map of northern Norway, Sweden and Finland, Russia’s Murmansk Oblast and parts of Karelia to DCS World. It also covers large areas of the Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea, providing space for aircraft carrier operations. The map represents the current day, with some late-Cold War military features and functionality.

The map spans about 1,400 km east to west and 1,000 km north to south. It includes more than 575,000 sq km of land and covers about 1,350,000 sq km in total. Its southern boundary roughly follows 65 degrees latitude, placing most of the area within the Arctic Circle.

The Kola region

The terrain ranges from Norwegian fjords and island chains to forests, lakes, wetlands, rugged mountains and Arctic tundra. Cities, towns, mines, ports and infrastructure corridors reflect their locations and cultural associations. The map also includes natural landmarks such as snowfields, detailed coastlines, large river systems and tens of thousands of lakes.

The region’s strategic importance comes from its largely ice-free Arctic ports, natural resources, military installations and training areas, and long-standing East-West tensions. Sweden and Finland’s recent accession to NATO, alongside Russian military operations, has further increased those tensions.

Russia’s Northern Fleet is based in the region. Its mostly ice-free ports include Murmansk and Severomorsk, while Polyarny contains strategically important submarine bases. Russian air bases include Olenegorsk, Monchegorsk and Severomorsk. The narrow land corridor from the Kola Peninsula towards the Baltic region contains dense groups of military airfields and installations, and has been described as having Russia’s highest concentration of nuclear weapons, reactors and facilities. This corridor and parts of central Finland near the Russian border form the map’s initial early-access focus area.

The included parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland also contain important air and army bases, weapon and fuel depots, and training areas. Notable airports include Rovaniemi and Kemi-Tornio in Finland; Kiruna and Vidsel in Sweden; and Bodo, Andoya and Lakselv in Norway. Sweden and Finland also have road runways for dispersing military aircraft.

Map features at launch

The map includes complete base terrain across its full area, with detailed topography, summer ground textures, shorelines, lakes and rivers. Its initial focus area covers the Finland–Russia border, central Finland, and western parts of Russia’s Murmansk and Karelia regions.

Four areas have high detail: two Finnish airports, EFRO and EFKE, and five Russian airports, XLMV, ULAK, RU-1110, RU-4464 and ULMM, along with their urban and rural surroundings and infrastructure. Two road runways near Rovaniemi and Sodankylä are included in Finland. Two airports in Norway, ENBO and ENNA, and three in Sweden, ESNQ, ESNJ and ESUK, are functional but not fully detailed at launch.

Civilian points of interest include bridges, vertical obstructions, monuments, hydro dams, power stations, port facilities, landmark buildings, open-pit mines, towns, villages and industrial sites. Cities and towns have improved night lighting. A connected network of main roads and railways, including bridges and tunnels, supports long-distance AI routing.

The map represents the current era, with some late-Cold War allowances, such as operational road runways and fully functioning Russian air bases, to provide additional mission options. Orbx is collaborating with DCS campaign creators Baltic Dragon and Reflected Simulations on campaigns.

Planned map additions

Further additions planned for after launch include dynamically loaded winter textures based on mission date, more detailed military airfields and installations, additional Cold War-era Swedish and Finnish road runways, more civilian airports, and expanded detail across cities, towns, points of interest, industrial sites and landscapes. The planned military airfields include Andøya, Bardufoss, Kirkenes, Evenes, Vidsel, Kilpyavr and Alakkurti. Other planned installations include naval and army bases, barracks, ports, storage areas, training areas and ranges, radar and communication sites, and air defense sites. Planned civilian airports include Tromsø, Hammerfest, Ivalo and Luleå. Further landscape work will add detail and more areas of high-resolution aerial orthoimagery.