List of glaciers in Russia

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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[]

View of the in the Altai Mountains.
Inostrantsev Glacier terminus. Severny Island, west coast.
in the Caucasus. Teberda Nature Reserve.
Shore of Bennett Island, De Long Islands. The ice cap on top consists of four separate glaciers.
View of the ice cap covering Schmidt Island. Severnaya Zemlya.
Belukha Glacier in the Altai Range.

Ice caps[]

The massive Academy of Sciences Glacier, the largest in the Russian Federation, covering over two thirds of Komsomolets Island.
  • Academy of Sciences Glacier (Lednik Akademii Nauk)[1] – Severnaya Zemlya. Largest single ice formation in Russia
  • (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
  • (Lednik Leningradskiy) – Severnaya Zemlya
  • Malyy Glacier – Bennett Island. De Long Islands
  • (Lednik Pioner)[2] – Severnaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Rusanova)[2] – Severnaya Zemlya
  • – 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
  • (Lednik Universitetskiy) – Severnaya Zemlya
  • Ushakov Island ice cap[4] – Kara Sea
  • (Lednik Vavilova) – Severnaya Zemlya
  • Victoria Island ice cap[1] – near Franz Josef Land

Franz Josef Land ice domes[]

This section includes ice domes in Franz Josef Land. Some islands have more than one.

Glaciers[]

  • (Akkemskiy Lednik) – Altai
  • (Lednik Anny) – Novaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Anuchina) – Novaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Arkhangel'skoy Guby) – Novaya Zemlya
  • or Azau Glacier (Lednik Baksankiy) – Caucasus
  • Belukha Glacier (Lednik Belukha) – Altai
  • Bezengi Glacier (Lednik Bezengi) – Caucasus
  • (Lednik Brounova) – Novaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Borzova) – Novaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Bull) – Novaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Bunge) – Novaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Chayeva) – Novaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Chernishëva) – Novaya Zemlya
  • Devdaraki – Caucasus (Georgia / Russia)
  • (Lednik Dezhnëva) – Severnaya Zemlya
  • – Caucasus
  • (Lednik Geblera) – Altai
  • Glazov Glacier (Lednik Glazov) – Novaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Goluboy) – Novaya Zemlya
  • (Bolshoy Taldurinskiy Lednik) – Altai
  • (Lednik Grotov) – Severnaya Zemlya
  • Inostrantsev Glacier (Lednik Inostrantseva) – Novaya Zemlya
  • - Caucasus
  • (Lednik Karbasnikova) – Novaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Kirova) – Franz Josef Land
  • Kolka Glacier – Caucasus
  • (Lednik Krayniy) – Novaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Kropotkina) – Novaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Kropotkina) – Severnaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Lakrua) – Novaya Zemlya
  • (Maly Aktru Lednik) – Altai
  • (Maly Fishtinsky Lednik) – Caucasus
  • (Lednik Maka) – Novaya Zemlya
  • – Caucasus
  • (Lednik Malyutka) – Severnaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Mashey) – Altai
  • Middendorff Glacier (Lednik Middendorfa)[11] – Franz Josef Land
  • (Lednik Molochnyy) – Franz Josef Land
  • (Lednik Molotova) – Severnaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Moschnyy) – Novaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Mushketova) – Severnaya Zemlya[12]
  • (Lednik Nansena) – Novaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Neponyatyy) – Severnaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Niny) – Franz Josef Land[13]
  • (Lednik Nizkiy) – Novaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Nordenshel'da) – Franz Josef Land
  • Nordenskiöld Glacier (Lednik Nordenshel'da), group of four glaciers – Novaya Zemlya[14]
    • (Lednik Vershinskogo)
    • (Lednik Novopashennogo), also known as Lednik Sredniy[15]
    • (Lednik Rozhdestvenskogo)
    • (Lednik Roze)
  • (Lednik Obrucheva) – Franz Josef Land
  • (Lednik Otdel’nyy) – Severnaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Pavlova) – Novaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Payyera) – Franz Josef Land
  • (Lednik Petersena) – Novaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Popova) – Novaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Polisadova) – Novaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Rykachëva) – Novaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Semënova Tyan-Shanskogo) – Severnaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Serp i Molot) – Novaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Severnyy) – Novaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Shirokiy) – Novaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Shokal'skogo) – Novaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Sonklar) – Franz Josef Land
  • (Sofiyskiy Lednik) – Altai
  • (Lednik Stremitel’nyy) – Franz Josef Land
  • (Lednik Taisiya) – Novaya Zemlya
  • – Caucasus
  • (Lednik Ukokskiy) – Altai
  • (Lednik Ushkovskiy) – Kamchatka[16]
  • (Lednik Vel'kena) – Novaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Vera) – Novaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Vitte) – Novaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Viz) – Franz Josef Land
  • (Lednik Vize) – Novaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Voyekova) – Novaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Vuster) – Franz Josef Land
  • (Lednik Yuzhnyy) – Novaya Zemlya
  • (Lednik Znamenityy) – Franz Josef Land
  • (Lednik Zvezda) – Caucasus

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Maria Shahgedanova & Mikhail Kuznetsov, The Physical Geography of Northern Eurasia, p. 202
  2. ^ a b Mark Nuttall, Encyclopedia of the Arctic, p. 1887
  3. ^ J. J. Zeeberg, Climate and Glacial History of the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago, Russian Arctic. pp. 82–84
  4. ^ Arctic Glaciers; Ushakov Island
  5. ^ "Kupol Dzhensona". Mapcarta. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  6. ^ Kupol Kropotkina, Russia – Geographical Names
  7. ^ "Kupol Lunny". Mapcarta. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Kupol Samoylovicha". Mapcarta. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  9. ^ Kupol Vostok Pervyy: Russia
  10. ^ "Kupol Moskvy". Mapcarta. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  11. ^ Rudolf Insel (О. Рудольфа), Teplitz Bucht, Kap Fligely – Franz-Joseph-Land
  12. ^ "Lednik Mushketova". Mapcarta. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  13. ^ Lednik Niny, Arkhangelskaya, Glaciers
  14. ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 North Coast of Russia Enroute, p. 81
  15. ^ "Lednik Sredniy". Mapcarta. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  16. ^ Kamchatka: Glaciers and climate variations in the last few centuries

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