Severny Island ice cap
Location	Severny Island, Novaya Zemlya, Russian Federation
Coordinates	75°30′N 60°00′E / 75.500°N 60.000°E / 75.500; 60.000
Area	20,500 km2 (7,920 sq mi)
Length	400 km (250 mi)
Width	50 km (30 mi)

Severny Island ice cap is an ice cap on Severny Island, northern island of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in Russia. It covers 40% of Severny Island (which is the 30th largest island in the world) at total area of approximately 20,500 km² (7,900 sq mi) which, if Novaya Zemlya is considered within Europe, makes it the largest glacier by area in Europe ahead of Vatnajökull at 8,100 km² (3,100 sq mi), and Austfonna at 7,800 km² (3,000 sq mi).

Glaciers

A number of glaciers flow from the inner ice cap to Severny Island's coastline. Mount Kruzenshtern, the highest point of Novaya Zemlya, rises on the western edge of the Severny Island ice cap, near the head of the Glazov Glacier.^[1]

West coast

The following glaciers have their terminus on the coast of the Barents Sea.

East coast

The following glaciers have their terminus on the coast of the Kara Sea.

Other glaciers

• Lednikovoye Glaciers with their terminus in Lednikovoye Lake^[3]

Nunataks

Gora Severny Nunatak is a nunatak located in the northern section of the long ice cap not far from the western coast of the island.^[4] Further to the northeast there is another nunatak between the two outlets of the Bunge Glacier.^[5]