Hanging Glacier (Jefferson County, Washington)

Hanging Glacier
Hanging Glacier
Type	Mountain glacier
Location	Mount Anderson, Olympic National Park, Jefferson County, Washington, USA
Coordinates	47°43′50″N 123°19′25″W / 47.73056°N 123.32361°W / 47.73056; -123.32361^[1]
Length	.20 mi (0.32 km)
Terminus	Talus
Status	Retreating

Hanging Glacier is a located northeast of Mount Anderson in the Olympic Mountains and Olympic National Park, U.S. state of Washington.^[2] The glacier starts north of a saddle between Mount Anderson and East Peak at about 5,700 feet (1,700 m). Like all the glaciers in Olympic National Park, Hanging Glacier is in a state of retreat.^[3]

References

^ "Hanging Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
^ Mount Steel, WA (Map). TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Retrieved 2012-10-13.
^ "Glaciers and Climate Change". National Park Service. Retrieved 2012-10-13.

v t e Glaciers of the Olympic Mountains
Mount Olympus	Blue Glacier Hoh Glacier Hubert Glacier Humes Glacier Ice River Glacier Jeffers Glacier White Glacier
Mount Anderson	Anderson Glacier Eel Glacier Hanging Glacier
Other mountains	Cameron Glaciers Carrie Glacier Fairchild Glacier Lillian Glacier Queets Glacier
See also	Glaciers of Mount Adams Glaciers of Mount Baker Glaciers of Mount Rainier Glaciers of Mount St. Helens Glaciers of other Washington mountains

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