Diobsud Creek Glacier
Diobsud Creek Glacier | ||
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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 | |
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drainage | → Diobsud Creek → Skagit 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
- ↑ TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Bacon Peak, WA [map]. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
- ↑ Fred Beckey: Rainy Pass to Fraser River (= Cascade Alpine Guide). The Mountaineers Books, 2000, ISBN 978-1-59485-136-0 (Retrieved March 17, 2013).
Web links
- Bacon Peak ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved March 17, 2013.