This is a list of glaciers in Russia. It includes

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 a ...

ice cap In glaciology, an ice cap is a mass of ice that covers less than of land area (usually covering a highland area). Larger ice masses covering more than are termed ice sheets. Description Ice caps are not constrained by topographical feat ...

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ice dome Glacier morphology, or the form a glacier takes, is influenced by temperature, precipitation, topography, and other factors. The goal of glacial morphology is to gain a better understanding of glaciated landscapes and the way they are shaped. Ty ...

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List of glaciers and ice caps

Ice caps

* Academy of Sciences Glacier () – Severnaya Zemlya. Largest single ice formation in Russia *

Albanov Glacier Valerian Ivanovich Albanov (russian: Валериа́н Ива́нович Альбанов; 26 May 1881 – 1919) was a Russian navigator, best known for being one of two survivors of the Brusilov expedition of 1912, which killed 22. Ea ...

() – Severnaya Zemlya * Chernyshev Ice Cap () – Franz Josef Land * De Long East Glacier – Bennett Island. De Long Islands * De Long West Glacier – Bennett Island. De Long Islands * Henrietta Island ice cap – De Long Islands * Jeannette Island ice cap – De Long Islands * Karpinsky Glacier ()Maria Shahgedanova & Mikhail Kuznetsov, ''The Physical Geography of Northern Eurasia'', p. 202 – Severnaya Zemlya * Leningradsky ice cap () – Severnaya Zemlya * Malyy Glacier – Bennett Island. De Long Islands * Pioneer Glacier () – Severnaya Zemlya * Rusanov Glacier ()Mark Nuttall, ''Encyclopedia of the Arctic'', p. 1887 – Severnaya Zemlya * Schmidt Island ice cap – Severnaya Zemlya * Severny Island ice cap – Novaya Zemlya (Largest glacier complex by area in Europe)J. J. Zeeberg, ''Climate and Glacial History of the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago, Russian Arctic''. pp. 82–84 * Toll Glacier () – Bennett Island. De Long Islands * University Glacier () – Severnaya Zemlya * Ushakov Island ice cap –

Kara Sea The Kara Sea (russian: Ка́рское мо́ре, ''Karskoye more'') is a marginal sea, separated from the Barents Sea to the west by the Kara Strait and Novaya Zemlya, and from the Laptev Sea to the east by the Severnaya Zemlya archipel ...

* Vavilov Glacier () – Severnaya Zemlya * Victoria Island ice cap – near Franz Josef Land

Franz Josef Land ice domes

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. Some islands have more than one. * Kupol Arktirazvedki, Wilczek Land * Kupol Brusilova, Zemlya Georga * Kupol Dzhensona, Hooker Island * Kupol Frolova,

Payer Island Payer Island (russian: остров Пайера, translit=ostrov Payera) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia. This island was named after Julius Johannes Ludovicus von Payer an Austro-Hungarian arctic explorer and an Arctic landscape art ...

* Kupol Kropotkina,

Alexandra Land Alexandra Land (russian: Земля Александры, ''Zemlya Aleksandry'') is a large island located in Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russian Federation. Not counting detached and far-lying Victoria Island, it is the westernmost ...

, Polyarnykh Letchikov Peninsula * Kupol Lunnyy, Alexandra Land * Kupol Moskvy, Hall Island * Kupol Oblachnyy, Wilczek Land * Kupol Samoylovicha, Karl-Alexander Island * Kupol Surova, Becker Island * Kupol Tindalya, Wilczek Land * Kupol Tumannyy, Zemlya Georga * Kupol Vetrenyy,

Graham Bell Island Graham Bell Island (russian: Остров Греэм-Белл, ''Ostrov Greem-Bell'') is an island in the Franz Josef Archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, and is administratively part of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. Geography Graham Bell Island is ...

* Kupol Vostok Chetviortyy, Eva Island * Kupol Vostok Pervyy, Alger Island * Kupol Vostok Tretiy, Eva Island, Liv Peninsula * Kupol Vostok Vtoroy, Rainer Island * Kupol Yuriya, Hooker Island

Glaciers

* Akkem Glacier () – Altai * Anna Glacier () –

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, ...

* Anuchin Glacier () – Novaya Zemlya * Arkhangel Bay Glacier () – Novaya Zemlya * Baksan Glacier or Azau Glacier () –

Caucasus The Caucasus () or Caucasia (), is a region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, mainly comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia. The Caucasus Mountains, including the Greater Caucasus range, have historica ...

* Belukha Glacier () – Altai *

Bezengi Glacier The Bezengi Glacier ( krc, Uluchiran) is a vast valley-type glacier in the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia, near the northern slope of the Main Caucasian Range of the Caucasus. Klok, E. J., and J. Oerlemans. ''Climate Reconstructions Der ...

() – Caucasus * Brounov Glacier () – Novaya Zemlya * Borzov Glacier () – Novaya Zemlya * Bull Glacier () – Novaya Zemlya * Bunge Glacier () – Novaya Zemlya * Chayev Glacier () – Novaya Zemlya * Chernishev Glacier () – Novaya Zemlya * Devdaraki – Caucasus (Georgia / Russia) * Dezhnev Glacier () – Severnaya Zemlya * Dykh-Kotyu-Bugoysu – Caucasus * Gebler Glacier () – Altai * Glazov Glacier () – Novaya Zemlya * Goluboy Glacier () – Novaya Zemlya * Great Taldurin Glacier () – Altai * Grotov Glacier () – Severnaya Zemlya * Inostrantsev Glacier () – Novaya Zemlya * Karaugom Glacier- Caucasus * Karbasnikov Glacier () – Novaya Zemlya * Kirov Glacier () – Franz Josef Land *

Kolka Glacier Kolka Glacier ( os, Хъолхъа) is a glacier in North Ossetia, Russia, near Mount Kazbek, known for its Surge (glacier), surging properties. The most recent and the most powerful surge took place on 20 September 2002, resulting in the death o ...

– Caucasus * Krayniy Glacier () – Novaya Zemlya *

Kropotkin Glacier Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin (; russian: link=no, Пётр Алексе́евич Кропо́ткин ; 9 December 1842 – 8 February 1921) was a Russian anarchist, socialist, revolutionary, historian, scientist, philosopher, and activist ...

() – Novaya Zemlya *

() – Severnaya Zemlya * Lakrua Glacier () – Novaya Zemlya * Little Aktru Glacier () – Altai * Little Fisht Glacier () – Caucasus * Mack Glacier () – Novaya Zemlya * Maili Glacier – Caucasus * Malyutka Glacier () – Severnaya Zemlya * Mashey Glacier () – Altai * Middendorff Glacier () – Franz Josef Land * Molochnyy Glacier () – Franz Josef Land * Molotov Glacier () – Severnaya Zemlya * Moschnyy Glacier () – Novaya Zemlya * Mushketov Glacier () – Severnaya Zemlya *

Nansen Glacier Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen (; 10 October 186113 May 1930) was a Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He gained prominence at various points in his life as an explorer, scientist, diplomat, and humanitarian. He led the team t ...

() – Novaya Zemlya * Neponyatyy Glacier () – Severnaya Zemlya * Niny Glacier () – Franz Josef LandLednik Niny, Arkhangelskaya, Glaciers
/ref> * Nizkiy Glacier () – Novaya Zemlya * Nordenskiöld Glacier () – Franz Josef Land * Nordenskiöld Glacier (), group of four glaciers – Novaya Zemlya ** Vershinsky Glacier () ** Novopashenny Glacier (), also known as ** Rozhdestvensky Glacier () ** Roze Glacier () * Obruchev Glacier () – Franz Josef Land * Otdel’nyy Glacier () – Severnaya Zemlya * Pavlov Glacier () – Novaya Zemlya * Payer Glacier () – Franz Josef Land * Petersen Glacier () – Novaya Zemlya * Popov Glacier () – Novaya Zemlya * Polisadov Glacier () – Novaya Zemlya * Rikachev Glacier () – Novaya Zemlya *

Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky Glacier Pyotr Petrovich Semyonov or Semenov (russian: Пётр Петрович Семёнов; 2 January ''(New style: 14 January)'', 1827 – 26 February ''(New style: 11 March)'', 1914) was a Russian geographer and statistician who managed the Russia ...

() – Severnaya Zemlya * Serp i Molot Glacier () – Novaya Zemlya * Severnyy Glacier () – Novaya Zemlya * Shirokiy Glacier () – Novaya Zemlya * Shokalsky Glacier () – Novaya Zemlya * Sonklar Glacier () – Franz Josef Land * Sophia Glacier () – Altai * Stremitel’nyy Glacier () – Franz Josef Land * Taisiya Glacier () – Novaya Zemlya * Tseyskoe Glacier – Caucasus * Ukoksky Glacier () – Altai * Ushkovsky Glacier () – KamchatkaKamchatka: Glaciers and climate variations in the last few centuries
/ref> * Velken Glacier () – Novaya Zemlya * Vera Glacier () – Novaya Zemlya * Vitte Glacier () – Novaya Zemlya * Viz Glacier () – Franz Josef Land * Vize Glacier () – Novaya Zemlya * Voyekov Glacier () – Novaya Zemlya * Worcester Glacier () – Franz Josef Land * Yuzhnyy Glacier () – Novaya Zemlya * Znamenityy Glacier () – Franz Josef Land * Zvezda Glacier () – Caucasus

References

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