| Inostrantsev Glacier ледник Иностранцева | |||||
| Type: | Tidewater glacier | ||||
| Location: | Novaya Zemlya Russian Federation | ||||
| Map: | Russia Novaya Zemlya | ||||
| Label Position: | top | ||||
| Coordinates: | 76.45°N 77°W | ||||
| Mark: | Blue_pog.svg | ||||
| Length: | 35 km | ||||
| Width: | 3 km | ||||
| Terminus: | Inostransev Bay Barents Sea | ||||
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The Inostrantsev Glacier (ru|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]
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]