Pinnacle Glacier | |
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Pinnacle Glacier in the large
cirque on the right side of the mountain. | |
Type | Mountain glacier |
Location | Mount Adams, Yakima and Skamania Counties, Washington, USA |
Coordinates | 46°12′25″N 121°31′43″W / 46.20694°N 121.52861°W [1] |
Area | 1.41 km2 (0.54 sq mi) in 2006 [2] |
Length | 1.2 mi (1.9 km) |
Terminus | Talus |
Status | Retreating |
Pinnacle Glacier is located on the west slopes of Mount Adams a stratovolcano in Gifford Pinchot National Forest in the U.S. state of Washington. [3] The glacier descends from approximately 10,000 ft (3,000 m) to a terminus near 7,200 ft (2,200 m). [3] Pinnacle Glacier lost 7 percent of its surface area between 1904 and 2006. [2]
Pinnacle Glacier was named by Harry Fielding Reid during his survey of Mount Adams' glaciers with C. E. Rusk in 1901. [4]
Pinnacle Glacier | |
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Pinnacle Glacier in the large
cirque on the right side of the mountain. | |
Type | Mountain glacier |
Location | Mount Adams, Yakima and Skamania Counties, Washington, USA |
Coordinates | 46°12′25″N 121°31′43″W / 46.20694°N 121.52861°W [1] |
Area | 1.41 km2 (0.54 sq mi) in 2006 [2] |
Length | 1.2 mi (1.9 km) |
Terminus | Talus |
Status | Retreating |
Pinnacle Glacier is located on the west slopes of Mount Adams a stratovolcano in Gifford Pinchot National Forest in the U.S. state of Washington. [3] The glacier descends from approximately 10,000 ft (3,000 m) to a terminus near 7,200 ft (2,200 m). [3] Pinnacle Glacier lost 7 percent of its surface area between 1904 and 2006. [2]
Pinnacle Glacier was named by Harry Fielding Reid during his survey of Mount Adams' glaciers with C. E. Rusk in 1901. [4]