Severny Island ice cap is an
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 featu ...
on
Severny Island, northern island of the
Novaya Zemlya
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archipelago
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in
Russia
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. It covers 40% of Severny Island (which is the 30th
largest island in the world) at total area of approximately which, if Novaya Zemlya is considered within Europe, makes it the largest glacier by area in
Europe
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ahead of
Vatnajökull
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at , and
Austfonna at .
Glaciers
A number of
glacier
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s flow from the inner ice cap to Severny Island's coastline.
Mount Kruzenshtern
Mount Kruzenshtern (russian: Гора Крузенштерна) 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 ...
, the highest point of Novaya Zemlya, rises on the western edge of the Severny Island ice cap, near the head of the
Glazov Glacier.
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West coast
The following glaciers have their terminus on the coast of the
Barents Sea
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Anna Glacier ()
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Anuchin Glacier
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Arkhangel Bay Glacier ()
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Brounov Glacier ()
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Borzov Glacier ()
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Bull Glacier
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Bunge Glacier
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* Bunge (surname)
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Chayev Glacier ()
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Chernishev Glacier Chernyshyov or Chernyshev (russian: Чернышёв) is a Russian masculine surname, its feminine counterpart is Chernyshyova or Chernysheva. Notable people with the surname include:
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Glazov Glacier ()
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Inostrantsev Glacier
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Karbasnikov Glacier ()
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Krayniy Glacier ()
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Lakrua Glacier ()
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Mack Glacier
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People
*Mack (given name)
*Mack (surname)
*Reinhold Mack, German record producer and sound engineer, often credited as simply "Mack"
*Richard Machowicz (1965–2017), host of ''FutureWeapons'' and ''Deadliest Warrior'', known as ...
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Nizkiy Glacier ()
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Pavlov Glacier Pavlov (or its variant Pavliv) may refer to:
People
*Pavlov (surname) (fem. ''Pavlova''), a common Bulgarian and Russian last name
* Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist famous for his experiments in classical conditioning
Places Czech Republic
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Petersen Glacier
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Popov Glacier
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Rikachev Glacier ()
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Severnyy Glacier Severny (Russian: ''Северный'', 'northern') (masculine), Severnaya (''Северная'') (feminine), or Severnoye (''Северное'') (neutral) may refer to:
People
*Andrei Severny (astronomer) (1913–1987), Soviet astronomer
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Shirokiy Glacier Shiroky may refer to:
*Shiroky, Amur Oblast, an urban-type settlement in Amur Oblast, Russia
*Shiroky, Magadan Oblast, an urban-type settlement in Magadan Oblast
Magadan Oblast ( rus, Магаданская область, r=Magadanskaya oblast, ...
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Shokalsky Glacier
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Taisiya Glacier ()
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Velken Glacier ()
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Vera Glacier
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Names
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* Vera (given name), a given name (including a list of people and fictional characters with the name)
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Vize Glacier
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Voyekov Glacier ()
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Yuzhnyy Glacier Yuzhny (Russian: 'southern')(masculine), Yuzhnaya (feminine) or Yuzhnoye (neuter) may refer to:
Places
* Yuzhny Okrug, name of several okrugs in Russia
* Yuzhny, Russia (''Yuzhnaya'', ''Yuzhnoye''), name of several inhabited localities in Russia
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East coast
The following glaciers have their terminus on the coast of the
Kara Sea
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Goluboy Glacier ()
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Kropotkin Glacier
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Moschnyy Glacier ()
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Nansen Glacier
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Polisadov Glacier ()
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Serp i Molot Glacier
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Vitte Glacier
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Nordenskiöld Glacier (), group of four glaciers:
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Vershinsky Glacier ()
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Novopashenny Glacier (), also known as '
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Rozhdestvensky Glacier ()
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Roze Glacier Roze may refer to:
People
* Janis Roze, herpetologist
*Jean Roze, French textile producer
* Pierre-Gustave Roze (1812–1862), French naval commander
*Ernest Roze, French mycologist; see Marasmiaceae
*Magdalena Roze, Australian meteorologist
*Marie ...
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Other glaciers
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Lednikovoye Glaciers with their terminus in
Lednikovoye LakeAGU - Lednikovoye Glaciers, Novaya Zemlya 1999-2016 retreat
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Nunataks
Gora Severny Nunatak is a nunatak located in the northern section of the long ice cap not far from the western coast of the island.[J. J. Zeeberg, ''Climate and Glacial History of the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago, Russian Arctic''. pp. 82-84]
See also
* List of glaciers in Europe
* List of glaciers in Russia
This is a list of glaciers in Russia. It includes glaciers, ice caps and ice domes located in the Russian Federation.
List of glaciers and ice caps
Ice caps
* Academy of Sciences Glacier () – Severnaya Zemlya. Largest single ice formati ...
* List of fjords of Russia
This is a list of the most important fjords of the Russian Federation. Fjords
In spite of the vastness of the Arctic coastlines of the Russian Federation there are relatively few fjords in Russia. Fjords are circumscribed to certain areas only; ...
References
Novaya Zemlya
Ice caps of Russia
Bodies of water of Arkhangelsk Oblast
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