Diobsud Creek Glacier

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Diobsud Creek Glacier
location Whatcom County , Washington , USA
Mountains Cascade chain
Type Kar glacier
length 1.28 km
Altitude range 2134  m  -  1829  m
Coordinates 48 ° 39 '49 "  N , 121 ° 31' 13"  W Coordinates: 48 ° 39 '49 "  N , 121 ° 31' 13"  W
Diobsud Creek Glacier (Washington)
Diobsud Creek Glacier
drainage Diobsud CreekSkagit River
particularities ends on bare rock / in an ice fall; declining

The Diobsud Creek Glacier is a glacier in North Cascades National Park in the State of Washington ; it lies on the eastern slopes of Bacon Peak . Diobsud Creek Glacier has a gentle slope; it flows from about 7,000 ft (2,134 m) to about 6,000 ft (1,829 m) altitude for a distance of less than 1 mi (1.6 km). The glacier is separated from Green Lake Glacier in the north by a mountain ridge .

Individual evidence

  1. TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Bacon Peak, WA [map]. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  2. Fred Beckey: Rainy Pass to Fraser River  (= Cascade Alpine Guide). The Mountaineers Books, 2000, ISBN 978-1-59485-136-0 (Retrieved March 17, 2013).

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