Mount Kruzenshtern (russian: Гора Крузенштерна) is a peak in
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 ...
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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, ...
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Arkhangelsk Oblast
Arkhangelsk Oblast (russian: Арха́нгельская о́бласть, ''Arkhangelskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It includes the Arctic Ocean, Arctic archipelagos of Franz Josef Land ...
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Russia
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. It rises inland near the northwestern shore and is the highest point of
Arkhangelsk Oblast
Arkhangelsk Oblast (russian: Арха́нгельская о́бласть, ''Arkhangelskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It includes the Arctic Ocean, Arctic archipelagos of Franz Josef Land ...
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The mountain was first put on the map in the 1820s by
Arctic explorer Fyodor Litke
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It may refer to:
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(1797–1882) following his Novaya Zemlya explorations. It was named after
Russian Navy Admiral
Ivan Kruzenshtern
Adam Johann von Krusenstern (also Krusenstjerna in Swedish language, Swedish; russian: Ива́н Фёдорович Крузенште́рн, Romanization of Russian, tr. ; 10 October 177012 August 1846) was a Russian Empire, Russian admiral ...
(1770–1846). The mountain's name must have been known to Soviet topographers, but for undisclosed reasons it was omitted in
USSR
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maps printed in mid 20th century.
Description
Mount Kruzenshtern is a high mountain located near
Nordenskiöld Bay.
География Новой Земли
/ref> It is an ultra-prominent
An ultra-prominent peak, or Ultra for short, is a mountain summit with a topographic prominence of or more; it is also called a P1500.
The prominence of a peak is the minimum height of climb to the summit on any route from a higher peak, or fr ...
peak that rises on the western edge of 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 ...
, north of the head of the Glazov Glacier
The Glazov Glacier (russian: ледник Глазов; ''lednik Glazov'') is a glacier in Novaya Zemlya, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.
The Glazov glacier has retreated between and in recent years. Two new islands and two headlands have been ex ...
.Google Earth
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See also
*Highest points of Russian Federal subjects
This is a list of the highest points of the Federal Subjects of the Russian Federation.
List Above 1000 m
Below 1000 m
See also
* List of mountains and hills of Russia
* List of European ultra-prominent peaks
* List of Ultras of Central Asia
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*List of mountains and hills of Russia
This is a list of mountains and hills of Russia.
List by elevation
Over 5000 meters
4000 to 4999 meters
3000 to 3999 meters
2000 to 2999 meters
1000 to 1999 meters
Under 1000 metres
See also
*Highest points of Russian Federal s ...
*List of European ultra-prominent peaks
This is a list of all the mountains in Europe with ultra-prominent peaks with topographic prominence greater than . The column "Col" denotes the highest elevation to which one must descend from a peak in order to reach peaks with higher elevations; ...
*Most isolated major summits of Europe The most isolated major summits of Europe by topographic isolation are located in the European subcontinent and its tectonic and geographic boundaries. This includes major mountain peaks of fold and fault-block mountains, and also volcanoes, loc ...
References
External links
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Ivan Kruzenshtern - the famous Russian navigator
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