South Cascade Glacier
| South Cascade Glacier
( South Cascade Glacier )
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 The South Cascade Glacier in 2000. It should be noted how far it has receded from the state of 1965 (photo below). |
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| location | Skagit County , Washington , USA | |
| Mountains | Northern Cascade Range | |
| Type | Kar glacier | |
| length | 2.1 km | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 21 '36 " N , 121 ° 3' 27" W | |
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| drainage | South Cascade Lake → South Fork Cascade River → Skagit River → Puget Sound | |
| particularities | ends in a scree slope / moraine; declining | |
The South Cascade Glacier is a large alpine glacier in the North Cascades in Washington state . It is bounded to the east by the 8,261 ft (2,518 m) high Sentinel Peak and lies about 17 mi (27 km) north of Glacier Peak in the Glacier Peak Wilderness . The meltwater from the glacier flows directly into South Cascade Lake, which feeds the South Fork Cascade River , a tributary of the Skagit River .
The South Cascade Glacier was examined in an intensive glaciological monitoring in order to determine the effects of the climate on glaciers. Between 1958 and 2009, the South Cascade Glacier lost nearly half of its volume.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Dome Peak, WA [map]. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
- ↑ Josberger, Bidlake, March, O'Neel: Fifty-Year Record of Glacier Change Reveals Shifting Climate in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, United States: US Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2009-3046 . USGS. 2009. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
Web links
- South Cascade Glacier ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved October 20, 2012.