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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
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Ice caps
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- Academy of Sciences Glacier (Lednik Akademii Nauk)[1] – Severnaya Zemlya. Largest single ice formation in Russia
- Albanov Glacier (Lednik Al'banova) – Severnaya Zemlya
- Chernyshev Ice Cap (Lednik Chernysheva) – 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 (Lednik Karpinskogo)[1] – Severnaya Zemlya
- Leningradsky ice cap (Lednik Leningradskiy) – Severnaya Zemlya
- Malyy Glacier – Bennett Island. De Long Islands
- Pioneer Glacier (Lednik Pioner)[2] – Severnaya Zemlya
- Rusanov Glacier (Lednik Rusanova)[2] – Severnaya Zemlya
- Schmidt Island ice cap – Severnaya Zemlya
- Severny Island ice cap – Novaya Zemlya (Largest glacier complex by area in Europe)[3]
- Toll Glacier (Lednik Tollya) – Bennett Island. De Long Islands
- University Glacier (Lednik Universitetskiy) – Severnaya Zemlya
- Ushakov Island ice cap[4] – Kara Sea
- Vavilov Glacier (Lednik Vavilova) – Severnaya Zemlya
- Victoria Island ice cap[1] – near Franz Josef Land
Franz Josef Land ice domes
[edit]This section includes ice domes in Franz Josef Land. Some islands have more than one.
- Kupol Arktirazvedki, Wilczek Land
- Kupol Brusilova, Zemlya Georga
- Kupol Dzhensona,[5] Hooker Island
- Kupol Frolova, Payer Island
- Kupol Kropotkina,[6] Alexandra Land, Polyarnykh Letchikov Peninsula
- Kupol Lunnyy,[7] Alexandra Land
- Kupol Moskvy, Hall Island
- Kupol Oblachnyy, Wilczek Land
- Kupol Samoylovicha,[8] Karl-Alexander Island
- Kupol Surova, Becker Island
- Kupol Tindalya, Wilczek Land
- Kupol Tumannyy, Zemlya Georga
- Kupol Vetrenyy, Graham Bell Island
- Kupol Vostok Chetviortyy, Eva Island
- Kupol Vostok Pervyy,[9] Alger Island
- Kupol Vostok Tretiy, Eva Island, Liv Peninsula
- Kupol Vostok Vtoroy,[10] Rainer Island
- Kupol Yuriya, Hooker Island
Glaciers
[edit]- Akkem Glacier (Akkemskiy Lednik) – Altai
- Anna Glacier (Lednik Anny) – Novaya Zemlya
- Anuchin Glacier (Lednik Anuchina) – Novaya Zemlya
- Arkhangel Bay Glacier (Lednik Arkhangel'skoy Guby) – Novaya Zemlya
- Baksan Glacier or Azau Glacier (Lednik Baksankiy) – Caucasus
- Belukha Glacier (Lednik Belukha) – Altaii
- Bezengi Glacier (Lednik Bezengi) – Caucasus
- Brounov Glacier (Lednik Brounova) – Novaya Zemlya
- Borzov Glacier (Lednik Borzova) – Novaya Zemlya
- Bull Glacier (Lednik Bull) – Novaya Zemlya
- Bunge Glacier (Lednik Bunge) – Novaya Zemlya
- Chayev Glacier (Lednik Chayeva) – Novaya Zemlya
- Chernishev Glacier (Lednik Chernishëva) – Novaya Zemlya
- Devdaraki – Caucasus (Georgia / Russia)
- Dezhnev Glacier (Lednik Dezhnëva) – Severnaya Zemlya
- Dykh-Kotyu-Bugoysu – Caucasus
- Gebler Glacier (Lednik Geblera) – Altai
- Glazov Glacier (Lednik Glazov) – Novaya Zemlya
- Goluboy Glacier (Lednik Goluboy) – Novaya Zemlya
- Great Taldurin Glacier (Bolshoy Taldurinskiy Lednik) – Altai
- Grotov Glacier (Lednik Grotov) – Severnaya Zemlya
- Inostrantsev Glacier (Lednik Inostrantseva) – Novaya Zemlya
- Karaugom Glacier- Caucasus
- Karbasnikov Glacier (Lednik Karbasnikova) – Novaya Zemlya
- Kirov Glacier (Lednik Kirova) – Franz Josef Land
- Kolka Glacier – Caucasus
- Krayniy Glacier (Lednik Krayniy) – Novaya Zemlya
- Kropotkin Glacier (Lednik Kropotkina) – Novaya Zemlya
- Kropotkin Glacier (Lednik Kropotkina) – Severnaya Zemlya
- Lakrua Glacier (Lednik Lakrua) – Novaya Zemlya
- Little Aktru Glacier (Maly Aktru Lednik) – Altai
- Little Fisht Glacier (Maly Fishtinsky Lednik) – Caucasus
- Mack Glacier (Lednik Maka) – Novaya Zemlya
- Maili Glacier – Caucasus
- Malyutka Glacier (Lednik Malyutka) – Severnaya Zemlya
- Mashey Glacier (Lednik Mashey) – Altai
- Middendorff Glacier (Lednik Middendorfa)[11] – Franz Josef Land
- Molochnyy Glacier (Lednik Molochnyy) – Franz Josef Land
- Molotov Glacier (Lednik Molotova) – Severnaya Zemlya
- Moschnyy Glacier (Lednik Moschnyy) – Novaya Zemlya
- Mushketov Glacier (Lednik Mushketova) – Severnaya Zemlya[12]
- Nansen Glacier (Lednik Nansena) – Novaya Zemlya
- Neponyatyy Glacier (Lednik Neponyatyy) – Severnaya Zemlya
- Niny Glacier (Lednik Niny) – Franz Josef Land[13]
- Nizkiy Glacier (Lednik Nizkiy) – Novaya Zemlya
- Nordenskiöld Glacier (Lednik Nordenshel'da) – Franz Josef Land
- Nordenskiöld Glacier (Lednik Nordenshel'da), group of four glaciers – Novaya Zemlya[14]
- Vershinsky Glacier (Lednik Vershinskogo)
- Novopashenny Glacier (Lednik Novopashennogo), also known as Lednik Sredniy[15]
- Rozhdestvensky Glacier (Lednik Rozhdestvenskogo)
- Roze Glacier (Lednik Roze)
- Obruchev Glacier (Lednik Obrucheva) – Franz Josef Land
- Otdel’nyy Glacier (Lednik Otdel’nyy) – Severnaya Zemlya
- Pavlov Glacier (Lednik Pavlova) – Novaya Zemlya
- Payer Glacier (Lednik Payyera) – Franz Josef Land
- Petersen Glacier (Lednik Petersena) – Novaya Zemlya
- Popov Glacier (Lednik Popova) – Novaya Zemlya
- Polisadov Glacier (Lednik Polisadova) – Novaya Zemlya
- Rikachev Glacier (Lednik Rykachëva) – Novaya Zemlya
- Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky Glacier (Lednik Semënova Tyan-Shanskogo) – Severnaya Zemlya
- Serp i Molot Glacier (Lednik Serp i Molot) – Novaya Zemlya
- Severnyy Glacier (Lednik Severnyy) – Novaya Zemlya
- Shirokiy Glacier (Lednik Shirokiy) – Novaya Zemlya
- Shokalsky Glacier (Lednik Shokal'skogo) – Novaya Zemlya
- Sonklar Glacier (Lednik Sonklar) – Franz Josef Land
- Sophia Glacier (Sofiyskiy Lednik) – Altai
- Stremitel’nyy Glacier (Lednik Stremitel’nyy) – Franz Josef Land
- Taisiya Glacier (Lednik Taisiya) – Novaya Zemlya
- Tseyskoe Glacier – Caucasus
- Ukoksky Glacier (Lednik Ukokskiy) – Altai
- Ushkovsky Glacier (Lednik Ushkovskiy) – Kamchatka[16]
- Velken Glacier (Lednik Vel'kena) – Novaya Zemlya
- Vera Glacier (Lednik Vera) – Novaya Zemlya
- Vitte Glacier (Lednik Vitte) – Novaya Zemlya
- Viz Glacier (Lednik Viz) – Franz Josef Land
- Vize Glacier (Lednik Vize) – Novaya Zemlya
- Voyekov Glacier (Lednik Voyekova) – Novaya Zemlya
- Worcester Glacier (Lednik Vuster) – Franz Josef Land
- Yuzhnyy Glacier (Lednik Yuzhnyy) – Novaya Zemlya
- Znamenityy Glacier (Lednik Znamenityy) – Franz Josef Land
- Zvezda Glacier (Lednik Zvezda) – Caucasus
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Maria Shahgedanova & Mikhail Kuznetsov, The Physical Geography of Northern Eurasia, p. 202
- ^ a b Mark Nuttall, Encyclopedia of the Arctic, p. 1887
- ^ J. J. Zeeberg, Climate and Glacial History of the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago, Russian Arctic. pp. 82–84
- ^ Arctic Glaciers; Ushakov Island
- ^ "Kupol Dzhensona". Mapcarta. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ Kupol Kropotkina, Russia – Geographical Names
- ^ "Kupol Lunny". Mapcarta. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ "Kupol Samoylovicha". Mapcarta. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ Kupol Vostok Pervyy: Russia
- ^ "Kupol Moskvy". Mapcarta. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ Rudolf Insel (О. Рудольфа), Teplitz Bucht, Kap Fligely – Franz-Joseph-Land
- ^ "Lednik Mushketova". Mapcarta. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ Lednik Niny, Arkhangelskaya, Glaciers
- ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 North Coast of Russia Enroute, p. 81
- ^ "Lednik Sredniy". Mapcarta. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ^ Kamchatka: Glaciers and climate variations in the last few centuries
External links
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