Suiattle Glacier

Suiattle Glacier
Map showing the location of Suiattle Glacier
Suiattle Glacier

Glacier Peak Wilderness, Snohomish County, Washington, USA

Type Mountain glacier
Coordinates 48°04′18″N 121°05′46″W / 48.07167°N 121.09611°W / 48.07167; -121.09611Coordinates: 48°04′18″N 121°05′46″W / 48.07167°N 121.09611°W / 48.07167; -121.09611[1]
Length 1.25 mi (2.01 km)
Terminus Icefall/Barren Rock
Status Retreating

Suiattle Glacier is located in the Glacier Peak Wilderness in the U.S. state of Washington. The glacier is within Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest and nearly touches Honeycomb and White River glaciers separated from them by an arête off the Kololo Peaks at its uppermost reaches.[2] Suiattle Glacier has retreated significantly since the end of the Little Ice Age, and from approximately the years 1850 to 1924 lost 1,400 m (4,600 ft) of its length. Between 1924 and 1940, the glacier retreated an additional 900 m (3,000 ft), then during a cooler and wetter period between 1967 and 1979, the glacier had a small advance of 20 m (66 ft). Between 1979 and 2005 the glacier again retreated 178 m (584 ft) upslope.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Suiattle Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
  2. ↑ Glacier Peak East, WA (Map). TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Retrieved 2012-11-30.
  3. ↑ Pelto, Mauri (2007). "Glacier Peak A Century Of Change". North Cascade Glacier Climate Project. Nichols College. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
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