Noisy Creek Glacier

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Noisy Creek Glacier
Noisy Creek Glacier.jpg
location Whatcom County , Washington , USA
Mountains Cascade chain
Type Kar glacier
length 0.88 km
Altitude range 1951  m  -  1768  m
Coordinates 48 ° 40 ′ 21 ″  N , 121 ° 31 ′ 42 ″  W Coordinates: 48 ° 40 ′ 21 ″  N , 121 ° 31 ′ 42 ″  W
Noisy Creek Glacier (Washington)
Noisy Creek Glacier
drainage → Noisy Creek → Baker Lake
particularities ends in an ice fall; declining

The Noisy Creek Glacier is a glacier in North Cascades National Park in the US state of Washington , 0.50 mi (0.8 km) northwest of Bacon Peak . The Noisy Creek Glacier left a series of small ice reservoirs on its retreat . The glacier descends from 6,400 ft (1,951 m) to 5,800 ft (1,768 m) altitude. A ridge separates Noisy Creek Glacier from Green Lake Glacier to the east. The National Park Service surveyed Noisy Creek Glacier as part of its glacier monitoring program.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Bacon Peak, WA [map]. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  2. ↑ Mauri Pelto: North Cascade Glacier Terminus Behavior . In: North Cascade Glacier Climate Project . Nichols College. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  3. ^ Glaciers Selected for Monitoring . In: Glacier Monitoring Program . National Park Service. Retrieved May 10, 2013.

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