Cache-Col Glacier

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Cache-Col Glacier
( Cache Col Glacier )
The Cache-Col Glacier as seen from Sahale Mountain (Mount Formidable in the background)

The Cache-Col Glacier as seen from Sahale Mountain ( Mount Formidable in the background )

location Chelan County , Washington , USA
Mountains Cascade chain
Type Kar glacier
length 0.8 km
Coordinates 48 ° 26 '54 "  N , 121 ° 3' 10"  W Coordinates: 48 ° 26 '54 "  N , 121 ° 3' 10"  W
Cache-Col Glacier (Washington)
Cache-Col Glacier
drainage Pelton Creek → Stehekin River
particularities ends on bare rock; declining
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The cache Col Glacier is a glacier in North Cascades National Park in the US state of Washington . It is located on the eastern slope of Mix-up Peak . The Cache-Col Glacier retreated about 100 m between 1950 and 2005. Cache-Col Glacier is located approximately 1 mi (1.6 km) northwest of Yawning Glacier .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Cascade Pass, WA [map]. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
  2. ↑ Mauri Pelto: North Cascade Glacier Terminus Behavior . In: North Cascade Glacier Climate Project . Nichols College. Retrieved May 11, 2013.

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