Karpinsky Glacier or Karpinsky Ice Cap (russian: Ледник Карпинского; ''Lednik Karpinskogo''), also known as Mount Karpinsky, is a large
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 features ...
on
October Revolution Island,
Severnaya Zemlya,
Russian Federation.
It was named after
Aleksandr Petrovich Karpinsky
Alexander Petrovich Karpinsky (russian: Александр Петрович Карпинский, trl. Aljeksandr Pjetrovič Karpinskij; 7 January 1847 ( NS) – 15 July 1936) was a prominent Russian and Soviet geologist and mineralogist, and ...
, a Russian geologist.
Geography
This ice cap has a surface of 2,800 km² and is the largest of the seven ice caps on October Revolution Island. Its maximum height is 963 m and it is also the highest point in Severnaya Zemlya.
[Обзорно-географический Атлас России. — Картография, АСТ, Астрель, 2010. — С. 147.]
The Karpinsky Ice Cap is located on the eastern side of the island with the
Laptev Sea and the
Shokalsky Strait on its eastern side. To the north it feeds the
Matusevich Fjord
Matusevich Fjord (russian: Фьорд Матусевича, ''Fiord Matusevicha''), is a fjord in Severnaya Zemlya, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.GoogleEarth
This fjord is blocked by heavy ice the whole year round. Its iceberg-producing activity is unm ...
, the largest fjord in the archipelago
[Mark Nuttall, ''Encyclopedia of the Arctic'', p. 1887] —beyond which lies the
Rusanov Glacier, and to the southeast it feeds the head of the smaller
Marat Fjord
Marat Fjord (russian: Фьорд Марата, ''Fiord Marata''), is a fjord in Severnaya Zemlya, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.GoogleEarth It is blocked by ice most of the year.
History
Although the shore of the island further north had been visited ...
.
To the south of the Karpinsky Glacier lies the
University Glacier, which reaches a height of 806 m.
See also
*
List of glaciers in Russia
References
Glaciers of Severnaya Zemlya
Karpinsky
Bodies of water of Krasnoyarsk Krai
Ice caps of Russia
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