The Inostrantsev Glacier (russian: ледник Иностранцева; ''lednik Inostrantseva'') is one of the major
glacier
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s in
Novaya Zemlya
Novaya Zemlya (, also , ; rus, Но́вая Земля́, p=ˈnovəjə zʲɪmˈlʲa, ) is an archipelago in northern Russia. It is situated in the Arctic Ocean, in the extreme northeast of Europe, with Cape Flissingsky, on the northern island, ...
,
Arkhangelsk Oblast
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,
Russia
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.
It was named after Russian geologist, member of the
Russian Academy of Sciences
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and professor at
St. Petersburg University
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Alexander Alexandrovich Inostrantsev ''(Александр Александрович Иностранцев)'' by Arctic explorer
Georgy Sedov
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Born in the village of Krivaya Kosa of Taganrog district (now Novoazovskyi Raion, Donetsk Oblast) in a fisherman's fami ...
.
[ (Russian)]
Geography
The Inostrantsev Glacier is located on the western side of northern
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 ...
of Novaya Zemlya. Flowing from the
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 ...
, it is a roughly southeast-northwest oriented
tidewater glacier
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and its front, where other three smaller tributary glaciers merge, has a width of over 3 km. Its
terminus
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is at the
Inostrantsev Bay (''zaliv Inostrantseva'') of the
Barents Sea
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, a 14 km wide and 130 m deep
fjord
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.
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See also
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List of glaciers in Europe
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List of glaciers in Russia
This is a list of glaciers in Russia. It includes glaciers, ice caps and ice domes located in the Russian Federation.
List of glaciers and ice caps
Ice caps
* Academy of Sciences Glacier () – Severnaya Zemlya. Largest single ice formation i ...
Further reading
*J. J. Zeeberg, ''Climate and Glacial History of the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago, Russian Arctic''. Purdue University Press (January 1, 2002)
References
External links
Changes in glacier extent on north Novaya Zemlya
Glaciers of Russia
Novaya Zemlya
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