List of glaciers in Russia explained
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 formation in Russia
- Albanov Glacier – Severnaya Zemlya
- Chernyshev Ice Cap – 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 [1] – Severnaya Zemlya
- Leningradsky ice cap – Severnaya Zemlya
- Malyy Glacier – Bennett Island. De Long Islands
- Pioneer Glacier – Severnaya Zemlya
- Rusanov Glacier [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 – Bennett Island. De Long Islands
- University Glacier – Severnaya Zemlya
- Ushakov Island ice cap[4] – Kara Sea
- Vavilov Glacier – 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.
- 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
- Akkem Glacier – Altai
- Anna Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Anuchin Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Arkhangel Bay Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Baksan Glacier or Azau Glacier – Caucasus
- Belukha Glacier – Altaii
- Bezengi Glacier – Caucasus
- Brounov Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Borzov Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Bull Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Bunge Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Chayev Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Chernishev Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Devdaraki – Caucasus (Georgia / Russia)
- Dezhnev Glacier – Severnaya Zemlya
- Dykh-Kotyu-Bugoysu – Caucasus
- Gebler Glacier – Altai
- Glazov Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Goluboy Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Great Taldurin Glacier – Altai
- Grotov Glacier – Severnaya Zemlya
- Inostrantsev Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Karaugom Glacier- Caucasus
- Karbasnikov Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Kirov Glacier – Franz Josef Land
- Kolka Glacier – Caucasus
- Krayniy Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Kropotkin Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Kropotkin Glacier – Severnaya Zemlya
- Lakrua Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Little Aktru Glacier – Altai
- Little Fisht Glacier – Caucasus
- Mack Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Maili Glacier – Caucasus
- Malyutka Glacier – Severnaya Zemlya
- Mashey Glacier – Altai
- Middendorff Glacier [11] – Franz Josef Land
- Molochnyy Glacier – Franz Josef Land
- Molotov Glacier – Severnaya Zemlya
- Moschnyy Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Mushketov Glacier – Severnaya Zemlya[12]
- Nansen Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Neponyatyy Glacier – Severnaya Zemlya
- Niny Glacier – Franz Josef Land[13]
- Nizkiy Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Nordenskiöld Glacier – Franz Josef Land
- Nordenskiöld Glacier, group of four glaciers – Novaya Zemlya[14]
- Vershinsky Glacier
- Novopashenny Glacier, also known as [15]
- Rozhdestvensky Glacier
- Roze Glacier
- Obruchev Glacier – Franz Josef Land
- Otdel’nyy Glacier – Severnaya Zemlya
- Pavlov Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Payer Glacier – Franz Josef Land
- Petersen Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Popov Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Polisadov Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Rikachev Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky Glacier – Severnaya Zemlya
- Serp i Molot Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Severnyy Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Shirokiy Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Shokalsky Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Sonklar Glacier – Franz Josef Land
- Sophia Glacier – Altai
- Stremitel’nyy Glacier – Franz Josef Land
- Taisiya Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Tseyskoe Glacier – Caucasus
- Ukoksky Glacier – Altai
- Ushkovsky Glacier – Kamchatka[16]
- Velken Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Vera Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Vitte Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Viz Glacier – Franz Josef Land
- Vize Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Voyekov Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Worcester Glacier – Franz Josef Land
- Yuzhnyy Glacier – Novaya Zemlya
- Znamenityy Glacier – Franz Josef Land
- Zvezda Glacier – Caucasus
See also
Notes and References
- Maria Shahgedanova & Mikhail Kuznetsov, The Physical Geography of Northern Eurasia, p. 202
- 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
- http://nag.iasc.info/images/publications/magics/iasc_mb1996.pdf Arctic Glaciers; Ushakov Island
- Web site: Kupol Dzhensona. Mapcarta. 6 October 2016.
- http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=271372&fid=5396&c=russia Kupol Kropotkina, Russia – Geographical Names
- Web site: Kupol Lunny. Mapcarta. 6 October 2016.
- Web site: Kupol Samoylovicha. Mapcarta. 6 October 2016.
- http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=9197303&fid=5071&c=russia Kupol Vostok Pervyy: Russia
- Web site: Kupol Moskvy. Mapcarta. 6 October 2016.
- http://www.franz-josef-land.info/index.php?id=647 Rudolf Insel (О. Рудольфа), Teplitz Bucht, Kap Fligely – Franz-Joseph-Land
- Web site: Lednik Mushketova. Mapcarta. 1 October 2016.
- http://quizy.in/city-maps/lednik-niny-arkhangelskaya-glcr Lednik Niny, Arkhangelskaya, Glaciers
- Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 North Coast of Russia Enroute, p. 81
- Web site: Lednik Sredniy. Mapcarta. 19 November 2016.
- http://paleoglaciology.org/regions/Kamchatka/GlaciersAndClimateVariations/ Kamchatka: Glaciers and climate variations in the last few centuries
