Noisy Creek Glacier

Noisy Creek Glacier
Noisy Creek Glacier
Map showing the location of Noisy Creek Glacier
Map showing the location of Noisy Creek Glacier
Noisy Creek Glacier
TypeCirque glacier
LocationWhatcom County, Washington, U.S.
Coordinates48°40′21″N 121°31′42″W / 48.67250°N 121.52833°W / 48.67250; -121.52833[1]
Length.55 mi (0.89 km)
TerminusIcefall
StatusRetreating

Noisy Creek Glacier is in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington, .50-mile (0.80 km) northwest of Bacon Peak.[2] Noisy Creek Glacier has retreated and left behind a series of small proglacial lakes.[3] Noisy Creek Glacier descends from 6,300 to 5,500 ft (1,900 to 1,700 m) and had an area of .58 km2 in 1993.[4] A ridge separates Noisy Creek Glacier from Green Lake Glacier to the east.[2] The National Park Service is currently studying Noisy Creek Glacier as part of their glacier monitoring project.[4] Between 1993 (when monitoring began), and 2013 the glacier had lost ~8 m of thickness.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bacon Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Bacon Peak, WA (Map). TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  3. ^ Pelto, Mauri. "North Cascade Glacier Terminus Behavior". North Cascade Glacier Climate Project. Nichols College. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Glaciers Selected for Monitoring". Glacier Monitoring Program. National Park Service. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  5. ^ Riedel, Jon; Larrabee, Michael. "North Cascades National Park Complex Glacier Mass Balance Monitoring Annual Report, Water Year 2013". National Park Service. Retrieved March 6, 2022.


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