Crescent Glacier (Mount Adams)

Crescent Glacier
Map showing the location of Crescent Glacier
Map showing the location of Crescent Glacier
Crescent Glacier
Map showing the location of Crescent Glacier
Map showing the location of Crescent Glacier
Crescent Glacier
TypeMountain glacier
LocationMount Adams, Yakima County, Washington, USA
Coordinates46°10′01″N 121°29′14″W / 46.16694°N 121.48722°W / 46.16694; -121.48722[1]
Area0.44 km2 (0.17 sq mi) in 2006[2]
Length0.25 mi (0.40 km)
TerminusTalus
StatusRetreating

Crescent Glacier is located on the southeast slopes of Mount Adams in the U.S. state of Washington in Gifford Pinchot National Forest. A small subpeak of Mount Adams, named South Butte, rises nearby.[3] Crescent Glacier is close to the Gotchen Glacier which is located just to the east. Crescent Glacier lies in a small south-facing cirque with a steep headwall. The glacier ranges in elevation from 8,400 ft (2,600 m) at the foot of the steep cliff to 7,900 ft (2,400 m) at the moraine. One arm of the glacier extends south down to 7,600 ft (2,300 m).[3] Between 1904 and 2006, Crescent Glacier lost 6 percent of its surface area.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Crescent Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
  2. ^ a b Sitts, Danielle; Andrew G. Fountain; Matthew J. Hoffman (2010). "Twentieth Century Glacier Change on Mount Adams, Washington, USA" (pdf). Northwest Science. 84 (4). Northwest Scientific Association: 378–385. doi:10.3955/046.084.0407. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
  3. ^ a b Mount Adams East, WA (Map). TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Retrieved 2012-11-03.


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