Gora Severny or Gora Severnyy Nunatak (russian: Гора Северный Нунатак) is a
nunatak in
Novaya Zemlya. It is one of the very few nunataks of the
Russian Federation
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
. Administratively it falls under the
Arkhangelsk Oblast.
Geography
Gora Severny Nunatak is located in the northern section of
Severny Island ice cap
Severny Island ice cap is an ice cap on Severny Island, northern island of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in Russia. It covers 40% of Severny Island (which is the 30th largest island in the world) at total area of approximately which, if Novaya ...
, the long
ice cap covering most of inner
Severny Island
Severny Island (russian: Се́верный о́стров, Severnyy ostrov, Northern Island) is a Russian Arctic island. It is the northern island of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago.
It was historically called Lütke Land after Friedrich Benjamin ...
, Novaya Zemlya. It is not far from the western coast of the island.
The nunatak is 4.9 km in length and its maximum width is 2.4 km.
Its highest elevation is high.
See also
*
List of Nunataks
References
Mountains of Arkhangelsk Oblast
Nunataks
Novaya Zemlya
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