The Inostrantsev Glacier (russian: ледник Иностранцева; ''lednik Inostrantseva'') is one of the major

glacier A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires distinguishing features, such as ...

s in Novaya Zemlya, Arkhangelsk Oblast,

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. It was named after Russian geologist, member of the

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and professor at

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Alexander Alexandrovich Inostrantsev ''(Александр Александрович Иностранцев)'' by Arctic explorer

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. (Russian)

Geography

The Inostrantsev Glacier is located on the western side of northern Severny Island 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

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and its front, where other three smaller tributary glaciers merge, has a width of over 3 km. Its

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is at the Inostrantsev Bay (''zaliv Inostrantseva'') of the

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, a 14 km wide and 130 m deep

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Changes in glacier extent on north Novaya Zemlya
Glaciers of Russia Novaya Zemlya {{Russia-glacier-stub

Geography

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