The Glazov Glacier (; ''lednik Glazov'') is a

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Novaya Zemlya Novaya Zemlya (, also , ; , ; ), also spelled , 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, considered the extreme points of Europe ...

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. The Glazov glacier has retreated between and in recent years. Two new islands and two headlands have been exposed in the area of the mouth of the fjord as a result.Поход гидрографического судна «Сенеж» Северного флота к высоким широтам позволил открыть 9 островов и 5 проливов
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Geography

The Glazov Glacier is located on the western side of northern

Severny Island Severny 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 von Lütke, who explored it. It lies approximately 400 km north of th ...

of Novaya Zemlya. It is a

tidewater glacier The tidewater glacier cycle is the typically centuries-long behavior of tidewater glaciers that consists of recurring periods of advance alternating with rapid retreat and punctuated by periods of stability. During portions of its cycle, a tidewat ...

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 ...

in a roughly southeast–northwest direction. Its

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is at Glazov Bay, a wide

fjord In physical geography, a fjord (also spelled fiord in New Zealand English; ) is a long, narrow sea inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Antarctica, the Arctic, and surrounding landmasses of the n ...

located just south of Nordenskiöld Bay in the

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high

Mount Kruzenshtern Mount Kruzenshtern () is a peak in Severny Island, Novaya Zemlya, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It rises inland near the northwestern shore and is the highest point of Arkhangelsk Oblast. The mountain was first put on the map in the 1820s by Arct ...

, the highest point of Novaya Zemlya, rises on the northern side of the head of the Glazov Glacier.Google Maps
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Changes in glacier extent on north Novaya ZemlyaHydrographers of the Northern Fleet in 2015 filled in the "blank spots" on the Arctic map
(in Russian) Glaciers of Russia Novaya Zemlya {{Russia-glacier-stub ceb:Lednik Glazov

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