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East Torrey Glacier

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Type
  
Mountain glacier

Width
  
1.15 mi (1.85 km)

Area
  
202 ha

Length
  
.70 miles (1.13 km)

Status
  
retreating

East Torrey Glacier

Terminus
  
moraines/proglacial lake

East Torrey Glacier is located in Shoshone National Forest, in the U.S. state of Wyoming on the east side of the Continental Divide in the northern Wind River Range. Situated in the Fitzpatrick Wilderness, East Torrey Glacier is part of the largest grouping of glaciers in the American Rocky Mountains and is immediately east of Continental Glacier and north of Downs Mountain. The glacier has three separate lobes and has retreated well above two proglacial lakes.

Map of East Torrey Glacier, Wyoming 82513, USA

References

East Torrey Glacier Wikipedia


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