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Lednik Shmidta

The Schmidt Ice Cap is an Arctic ice cap very near the limit of permanent sea ice, so as to be indistinguishable from the sea in winter, spring, and late fall. It covers almost all (~75-85%) of Schmidt Island, a Russian Arctic island above the 80th parallel north. The ice cap's maximum elevation is ~320 metres (1, 050 ft), and it has a diameter of 25.31 kilometres (15.73 mi) along its longest axis.

Glacier data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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