The Inostrantsev Glacier (; ''lednik Inostrantseva'') is one of the major

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s in

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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 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. Flowing from the

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, 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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