Glazov Glacier
ледник Глазов
Map showing the location of Glazov Glacierледник Глазов
Map showing the location of Glazov Glacierледник Глазов
Glazov Glacier
ледник Глазов
Location within Novaya Zemlya, Russia
TypeTidewater glacier
LocationNovaya Zemlya
Russian Federation
Coordinates75°9′N 57°24′E / 75.150°N 57.400°E / 75.150; 57.400
Length30 km
Width3.5 km
TerminusGlazov Bay
Barents Sea

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

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


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