Mazama Glacier (Mount Adams)

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Mazama Glacier
(Mazama Glacier)
Mount Adams with the Mazama Glacier (front center)

The Mount Adams with the Mazama Glacier (center front)

location Yakima County , Washington , USA
Mountains Cascade chain
Type Kar glacier
length 1.77 km
surface 1.4 km²
Altitude range 3291  m  -  2316  m
Coordinates 46 ° 10 ′ 49 ″  N , 121 ° 28 ′ 12 ″  W Coordinates: 46 ° 10 ′ 49 ″  N , 121 ° 28 ′ 12 ″  W
Mazama Glacier (Mount Adams) (Washington)
Mazama Glacier (Mount Adams)
drainage Hellroaring Creek → Big Muddy Creek → Klickitat River
particularities ends in a scree slope ; declining
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The Mazama Glacier is located on the southeast slopes of Mount Adams , a stratovolcano in Washington state . At the same time it is part of the Yakama Indian Reservation . The glacier descends from about 10,800 ft (about 3,300 m) to about 7,600 ft (about 2,300 m). The Mazama Glacier was generally on the decline for over 100 years, losing about 46 percent of its area between 1904 and 2006.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Mount Adams East, WA [map]. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
  2. ↑ Danielle Sitts, Andrew G. Fountain, Matthew J. Hoffman: Twentieth Century Glacier Change on Mount Adams, Washington, USA . (pdf) In: Northwest Scientific Association (Ed.): Northwest Science . 84, No. 4, 2010, pp. 378-385. doi : 10.3955 / 046.084.0407 . Retrieved November 11, 2012.

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