Karpinsky Glacier

Karpinsky Glacier
Ледник Карпинского
Location within Russia

Location within Russia

Type Ice cap
Location October Revolution Island,
Severnaya Zemlya
Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Coordinates 79°39′N 99°2′E / 79.650°N 99.033°E / 79.650; 99.033Coordinates: 79°39′N 99°2′E / 79.650°N 99.033°E / 79.650; 99.033
Area 2800 km²

Karpinsky Glacier or Karpinsky Ice Cap (Russian: Ледник Карпинского; Lednik Karpinskogo), also known as Mount Karpinsky, is a large ice cap on October Revolution Island, Severnaya Zemlya, Russian Federation.

It was named after Aleksandr Petrovich Karpinsky, a Russian geologist.

Geography

This ice cap has a surface of 2,800 km² and is the largest of the seven ice caps on October Revolution Island. Its maximum height is 963 m and it is also the highest point in Severnaya Zemlya.[1]

The Karpinsky Ice Cap is located on the eastern side of the island with the Laptev Sea on its eastern side. To the north it feeds the Matusevich Ice Shelf,[2] beyond which lies the Rusanov Glacier. To the south lies the University Glacier, which reaches a height of 806 m.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Обзорно-географический Атлас России. — Картография, АСТ, Астрель, 2010. — С. 147.
  2. ↑ Mark Nuttall, Encyclopedia of the Arctic, p. 1887
  3. ↑ "Lednik Karpinskogo". Mapcarta. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
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