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List of glaciers in the United States

List of glaciers in the United States is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of glaciers in the United States rather than just read about it. In short: Glaciers are located in ten states, with the vast majority in Alaska. The southernmost named glacier is the Lilliput Glacier in Tulare County, east of the Central Valley of California.

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Reference excerpt

Glaciers are located in ten states, with the vast majority in Alaska. The southernmost named glacier is the Lilliput Glacier in Tulare County, east of the Central Valley of California. Apart from Alaska, around 1330 glaciers, 1175 perennial snow fields, and 35 buried-ice features have been identified.

Glaciers of Alaska

There are approximately 664 named glaciers in Alaska according to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).

Glaciers of the Pacific Coast Ranges The Pacific Coast Ranges include glaciers in the three states on the Pacific Coast.

Washington

There are over 3,000 glaciers in Washington state, with 186 named according to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). However, the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens eliminated nine of its eleven named glaciers and only the new glacier known as Crater Glacier has been reestablished since.

Olympic Mountains Mount Olympus Blue Glacier Hoh Glacier Hubert Glacier Humes Glacier Ice River Glacier Jeffers Glacier White Glacier Other peaks in the Olympic Mountains Anderson Glacier Cameron Glaciers Carrie Glacier Eel Glacier Fairchild Glacier Hanging Glacier Lillian Glacier Queets Glacier North Cascades (non-volcanoes)

Banded Glacier - Mount Logan Blue Glacier (Chelan County, Washington) - Agnes Mountain Borealis Glacier Boston Glacier - Boston Peak Buckner Glacier Butterfly Glacier Cache Col Glacier Challenger Glacier - Mount Challenger Chickamin Glacier - Dome Peak Clark Glacier (Washington) Colchuck Glacier Colonial Glacier Columbia Glacier - Columbia Peak Company Glacier Crystal Glacier - Mount Shuksan Dana Glacier (Washington) Daniel Glacier - Mount Daniel Dark Glacier Davenport Glacier Depot Glacier - Mount Redoubt Diobsud Creek Glacier Dome Glacier Douglas Glacier (Washington) East Nooksack Glacier - Mount Shuksan Eldorado Glacier - Eldorado Peak Entiat Glacier Forbidden Glacier Foss Glacier - Mount Hinman Fremont Glacier (Washington) Garden Glacier Goode Glacier Grant Glacier (Washington) Green Lake Glacier Hanging Glacier (Jefferson County, Washington) Hanging Glacier (Mount Shuksan) - Mount Shuksan Hidden Creek Glacier - Hagan Mountain Hinman Glacier - Mount Hinman Ice Cliff Glacier Inspiration Glacier - Eldorado Peak Isella Glacier Jerry Glacier Katsuk Glacier Kimtah Glacier Klawatti Glacier Ladder Creek Glacier Lewis Glacier (Washington) Lower Curtis Glacier Lyall Glacier Lyman Glacier (North Cascades) Lynch Glacier - Mount Daniel Mary Green Glacier McAllister Glacier Mesahchie Glacier Middle Cascade Glacier Neve Glacier - Snowfield Peak Nohokomeen Glacier Noisy Creek Glacier North Klawatti Glacier Overcoat Glacier Pilz Glacier Price Glacier (Mount Shuksan) - Mount Shuksan Queest-alb Glacier or (Three Fingers Glacier) Quien Sabe Glacier Redoubt Glacier - Mount Redoubt Richardson Glacier (Washington) S Glacier Sahale Glacier Sandalee Glacier Sherpa Glacier Silver Glacier Snow Creek Glacier So-Bahli-Alhi Glacier South Cascade Glacier Spider Glacier (Phelps Ridge, Washington) Spider Glacier (Spider Mountain, Washington) Spire Glacier Stuart Glacier Sulphide Glacier - Mount Shuksan Table Mountain Glacier Terror Glacier (Washington) Thunder Glacier (Skagit County, Washington) Upper Curtis Glacier - Mount Shuksan Watson Glacier West Depot Glacier - Mount Redoubt West Nooksack Glacier Whatcom Glacier White Salmon Glacier (Mount Shuksan) - Mount Shuksan Wyeth Glacier Yawning Glacier Mount Baker Bastile Glacier Boulder Glacier Coleman Glacier Deming Glacier (Washington) Easton Glacier Hadley Glacier Mazama Glacier No Name Glacier Park Glacier Rainbow Glacier (Washington) Roosevelt Glacier Sholes Glacier Squak Glacier Talum Glaciers Thunder Glacier (Mount Baker) Glacier Peak Chocolate Glacier Cool Glacier Dusty Glacier Ermine Glacier Honeycomb Glacier Kennedy Glacier Milk Lake Glacier North Guardian Glacier Ptarmigan Glacier Scimitar Glacier Sitkum Glacier Suiattle Glacier Vista Glacier White Chuck Glacier White River Glacier Mount Rainier

Carbon Glacier Cowlitz Glacier Edmunds Glacier Emmons Glacier Flett Glacier Fryingpan Glacier - Little Tahoma Ingraham Glacier Inter Glacier Kautz Glacier Liberty Cap Glacier Nisqually Glacier North Mowich Glacier Ohanapecosh Glacier - Little Tahoma Paradise Glacier Pinnacle Glacier (Lewis County, Washington) Puyallup Glacier Pyramid Glacier Russell Glacier Sarvant Glacier — Cowlitz Chimneys South Mowich Glacier South Tahoma Glacier Success Glacier Tahoma Glacier Unicorn Glacier (Extinct) Van Trump Glacier Wilson Glacier Whitman Glacier - Little Tahoma Williwakas Glacier Winthrop Glacier Goat Rocks Conrad Glacier McCall Glacier Meade Glacier Packwood Glacier Mount Adams Adams Glacier Avalanche Glacier Crescent Glacier Gotchen Glacier Klickitat Glacier Lava Glacier Lyman Glacier Mazama Glacier Pinnacle Glacier Rusk Glacier Wilson Glacier White Salmon Glacier Mount St. Helens Mount St. Helens once had eleven named glaciers, but the 1980 eruption of the volcano eliminated nine glaciers and the two remaining aren't recognized. One newly formed glacier now resides in the caldera of the volcano.

Crater Glacier Shoestring Glacier

Oregon There are up to 42 glaciers in Oregon, with 35 named according to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).

Wallowa Mountains Benson Glacier - Eagle Cap Mount Hood

Coe Glacier Coalman Glacier Eliot Glacier Glisan Glacier Ladd Glacier Langille Glacier Newton Clark Glacier Palmer Glacier Reid Glacier Sandy Glacier White River Glacier Zigzag Glacier Mount Jefferson Jefferson Park Glacier Milk Creek Glacier Russell Glacier Waldo Glacier Whitewater Glacier Three Sisters Region Bend Glacier - Broken Top Carver Glacier - South Sister Clark Glacier - South Sister Collier Glacier - North & Middle Sisters Crook Glacier - Broken Top Diller Glacier - Middle Sister Eugene Glacier - South Sister Hayden Glacier - Middle Sister Irving Glacier - Middle Sister Lewis Glacier - South Sister Linn Glacier - North Sister Lost Creek Glacier - South Sister Prouty Glacier - South Sister Renfrew Glacier - Middle Sister Skinner Glacier - South Sister Thayer Glacier - North Sister Villard Glacier - North Sister Other Cascade Peaks Lathrop Glacier - Mount ThielsenA

California There are around 75 glaciers in California, with 20 named according to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).

Mount Shasta Mount Shasta is a volcano with seven named glaciers in the northern region of California.

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Glaciers are located in ten states, with the vast majority in Alaska. The southernmost named glacier is the Lilliput Glacier in Tulare County, east of the Central Valley of California.

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