Pyramid Glacier

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Pyramid Glacier
location Pierce County , Washington , USA
Mountains Cascade chain
Type Kar glacier
surface 0.5 km² (1983)
Altitude range 2743  m  -  2134  m
Ice volume 0.011 km³
Coordinates 46 ° 49 '23 "  N , 121 ° 47' 26"  W Coordinates: 46 ° 49 '23 "  N , 121 ° 47' 26"  W
Pyramid Glacier (Washington)
Pyramid Glacier
drainage Nisqually River

The Pyramid Glacier (Eng. "Pyramid Glacier") currently consists of scattered glaciers and snow fields on the south-southwest flank of Mount Rainier in the US state of Washington . It covers about 0.5 km² and contains about 11 million m³ of ice. The individual parts of the glacier lie at altitudes between about 7,000 ft (2,134 m) and 9,000 ft (2,743 m). The Success Divide separates the Pyramid from South Tahoma Glacier to the west. Both the Success Glacier and the lower end of the Kautz Glacier limit it on the east side. The meltwater from the glacier flows into the Nisqually River .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c DESCRIPTION: Mount Rainier Glaciers and Glaciations - Mount Rainier Glacier Hazards and Glacial Outburst Floods . USGS. Retrieved November 19, 2007.
  2. a b USGS Mount Rainier West (WA) Topo Map . In: USGS Quad maps . TopoQuest.com. Retrieved May 17, 2008.