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Chernysheva Ice Cap (Salm Island)

Chernysheva Ice Cap (Salm Island) is a 102 km² glacier in Russia, in the Franz Josef Land area of Russian Arctic that flows into the sea. It is 12.7 km long, from -6 m to 356 m above sea level.

Inventory ID RGI2000-v7.0-G-09-00407, outline mapped in 2001. Source: Randolph Glacier Inventory 7.0. More glaciers in Russian Arctic.

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Area
102 km²
Length
12.7 km
Highest point
356 m
Lowest point
-6 m
Median elevation
183 m
Mean slope
3°
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.