Glaciers of the Pacific Northwest

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Glaciers of the Pacific Northwest

• Thanh Bui

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Olympic Mt. Range
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Olympic Mt. Range

• There are around 60 glaciers in the Olympic Mt
  range.
• Major Glaciers include Anderson, Blue, Cameron,
  Carrie, Eel, Fairchild, Hubert
• Jeffers

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Blue Glacier

• Mt Olympus

• Blue Glacier looking S.
• http//static.panoramio.com/photos/original/504983
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• Blue Glacier is a large glacier located to the
  north of Mount Olympus in the Olympic Mountains
  of Washington.
• The glacier covers an area of 1.7 mi² and
  contains 580 million ft³ of ice and snow.
• The glacier length has decreased from about
  3.4 miles in 1800 to only 2.7 mi in the year
  2000.

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White Glacier

• Mt. Tom

• White Glacier is a medium-sized glacier located
  to the northeast of Mount Tom in the Olympic
  Mountains and Olympic National Park.
• The glacier, located in between Mount Tom and
  Mount Olympus, starts at around 7,000 ft and
  6,400 ft. White Glacier is partially separated
  from the rest of the glacier by several small
  ridges of rock and it flows straight north.
• The rest of the glacier flows north as well, but
  as its glacier toe descends to around 4,800 ft ,
  the toe turns northeast.
• its terminus is at 4,400 ft.

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Hoh Glacier

• Mt Olympus
• http//www.pbase.com/nolock/image/86097948

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Humes Glacier

• Looking west
• http//www.panoramio.com/photo/14517105

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Anderson Glacier

• Mt. Anderson

• Anderson Glacier and Valkyrie Lake looking
  Northwest
• http//static.panoramio.com/photos/original/399751
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• Anderson Glacier is a glacier located in a cirque
  south of Mount Anderson in the Olympic Mountains
  and Olympic National Park.
• The southward-facing glacier starts on the steep
  headwalls of the cirque at about 6,200 feet to
  6,000 ft .
• It flows down to about 5,240 ft before
  terminating.
• Meltwater from the glacier enters a lake at about
  4,949 ft before tumbling down a steep cliff.

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Anderson Glacier

• Receding
• http//static.panoramio.com/photos/original/399751
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Valkyrie Lake

• Valkyrie Lake Mt. Anderson
• http//static.panoramio.com/photos/original/385386
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Alpine and Volcanic Glaciers
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South Cascade Glacier

• North Cascade

• South Cascade Glacier, Oct. 2000
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FileUSGS_South_Casca
  de_Glacier.jpg

• 318 glaciers in all in North Cascade national
  park.
• South Cascade Glacier is a large alpine glacier
  in the North Cascades of Washington, USA.
• Terminates at 5,292 ft
• The South Cascade Glacier has been closely
  monitored by glaciologists studying the effects
  of climate on glaciers.

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South Cascade Glacier

• September, 1965
• http//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/31/Sout
  h_Cascade_Glacier.jpg

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Mt. Rainier

• Cascade Range

• Emmons Glacier NE side

• Mount Rainier is the most heavily glaciated peak
  in the lower 48 states
• 26 major glaciers
• 35 square miles of permanent snowfields and
  glaciers
• Most of the glaciers on Mount Rainier are known
  as valley glaciers. These are glaciers are
  confined to a valley

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Mt. Rainier

• Nisqually Glacier
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Many many more

• Olympic Mountains Mount Olympus Blue Glacier
• Hoh Glacier
• Hubert Glacier
• Humes Glacier
• Jeffers Glacier
• White Glacier
• Other peaks Anderson Glacier
• Eel Glacier
• Queets Glacier
• North Cascades (non-volcanoes)1 Boston Glacier
  Boston Peak
• Challenger Glacier Mount Challenger
• Chickamin Glacier Dome Peak
• Columbia Glacier Columbia Peak
• East Nooksack Glacier Mount Shuksan
• Eldorado Glacier Eldorado Peak
• Hinman Glacier
• Inspiration Glacier Eldorado Peak
• Klawatti Glacier
• Lower Curtis Glacier