Karpinsky Glacier
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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.
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Ледник Карпинского | |
Type | Ice cap |
Location | October Revolution Island, Severnaya Zemlya Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia |
Coordinates | 79°39′N 99°2′E |
Area | 2800 km2 |
Highest elevation | 963 m |
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It was named after Aleksandr Petrovich Karpinsky, a Russian geologist.