Inostrantsev Glacier

Inostrantsev Glacier ледник Иностранцева
Inostrantsev Glacier. View of the terminus.
Inostrantsev Glacier ледник Иностранцева Location within Novaya Zemlya, Russia
Type	Tidewater glacier
Location	Novaya Zemlya Russian Federation
Coordinates	76°27′N 66°11′E
Length	35 km
Width	3 km
Terminus	Inostransev Bay Barents Sea

The Inostrantsev Glacier (Russian: ледник Иностранцева; lednik Inostrantseva) is one of the major glaciers in Novaya Zemlya, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.[1]

It was named after Russian geologist, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and professor at St. Petersburg University Alexander Alexandrovich Inostrantsev (Александр Александрович Иностранцев) by Arctic explorer Georgy Sedov.[2]

Geography

The Inostrantsev Glacier is located on the western side of northern Severny Island of Novaya Zemlya. Flowing from the Severny Island ice cap, it is a roughly southeast-northwest oriented tidewater glacier and its front, where other three smaller tributary glaciers merge, has a width of over 3 km. Its terminus is at the Inostrantsev Bay (zaliv Inostrantseva) of the Barents Sea, a 14 km wide and 130 m deep fjord.[3]

Map of northern Novaya Zemlya and southern Franz Josef Land.

See also

• List of glaciers in Europe
• List of glaciers in Russia
• Inostrancevia, another notable example of Inostrantsev as a namesake.

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. "Lednik Inostrantseva". Mapcarta. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
2. "Иностранцев Александр Александрович". ИМЕНА НА КАРТЕ АРКТИКИ (The Names on the Map of the Arctic). Retrieved 16 November 2016. (Russian)
3. GoogleEarth

External links

• Changes in glacier extent on north Novaya Zemlya Archived 2016-11-17 at the Wayback Machine