Nordenskiöld Glacier (Novaya Zemlya)
The Nordenskiöld Glacier (Russian: ледник Норденшельда; Lednik Nordenshel'da) is a group of four glaciers in Novaya Zemlya, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.[1]
| Nordenskiöld Glacier ледник Норденшельда | |
|---|---|
NASA picture of Rozhdestvensky (left), Novopashenny (middle) and Roze glaciers of the Nordenskiöld Glacier group | |
Location within Novaya Zemlya, Russia | |
| Type | Tidewater glacier group |
| Location | Novaya Zemlya Russian Federation |
| Coordinates | 75°51′N 64°59′E / 75.850°N 64.983°ECoordinates: 75°51′N 64°59′E / 75.850°N 64.983°E |
| Length | 20 km (average) |
| Width | 5 km (average) |
| Terminus | Kara Sea |
This glacier group was named after Arctic explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld.
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GeographyEdit
The Nordenskiöld Glacier group is located on the eastern side of northern Severny Island of Novaya Zemlya. Flowing from the Severny Island ice cap, it is composed of four roughly north-south oriented tidewater glaciers:
- Vershinsky Glacier (Lednik Vershinskogo), the soutwesternmost
- Rozhdestvensky Glacier (Lednik Rozhdestvenskogo)
- Novopashenny Glacier (Lednik Novopashennogo), also known as Lednik Sredniy[2]
- Roze Glacier (Lednik Roze), the northeasternmost
Their fronts have widths of over 3 km in average and their terminuses are in the Kara Sea between Cape Opasnyy and Cape Middendorff.[3]
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- J. J. Zeeberg, Climate and Glacial History of the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago, Russian Arctic. Purdue University Press (January 1, 2002) ISBN 978-9051705638
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Lednik Nordenshel'da". Mapcarta. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ^ "Lednik Sredniy". Mapcarta. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ^ GoogleEarth
External linksEdit
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