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Chernysheva Ice Cap (Salm Island)

Chernysheva Ice Cap (Salm Island) is a 11.9 km² glacier in Russia, in the Franz Josef Land area of Russian Arctic that flows into the sea. It is 7.3 km long, from 0 m to 331 m above sea level.

Inventory ID RGI2000-v7.0-G-09-00404, outline mapped in 2001. Source: Randolph Glacier Inventory 7.0. More glaciers in Russian Arctic.

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Area
11.9 km²
Length
7.3 km
Highest point
331 m
Lowest point
0 m
Median elevation
218 m
Mean slope
4°
Glacier data: RGI 7.0 Consortium (2023), Randolph Glacier Inventory, Version 7.0, NSIDC, CC BY 4.0. Adoption is symbolic and gives no legal title to the ice.