Glazov_Glacier

Glazov Glacier

Glazov Glacier

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The Glazov Glacier (Russian: ледник Глазов; lednik Glazov) is a glacier in Novaya Zemlya, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.[1]

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The Glazov glacier has retreated between 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) and 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) in recent years. Two new islands and two headlands have been exposed in the area of the mouth of the fjord as a result.[2]

Geography

The Glazov Glacier is located on the western side of northern Severny Island of Novaya Zemlya. It is a tidewater glacier flowing from the Severny Island ice cap in a roughly southeast–northwest direction. Its terminus is at Glazov Bay, a 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) wide fjord located just south of Nordenskiöld Bay in the Barents Sea.[3]

1,547 metres (5,075 ft) high Mount Kruzenshtern, the highest point of Novaya Zemlya, rises on the northern side of the head of the Glazov Glacier.[4]

Map of northern Novaya Zemlya and southern Franz Josef Land.

See also

Further reading

  • J. J. Zeeberg, Climate and Glacial History of the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago, Russian Arctic. Purdue University Press (January 1, 2002) ISBN 978-9051705638

References

  1. [1]
    "Ледник Глазов". Wikimapia. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  2. [2]
    Поход гидрографического судна «Сенеж» Северного флота к высоким широтам позволил открыть 9 островов и 5 проливов
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    GoogleEarth
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