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Klickitat Glacier

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Type
  
Mountain glacier

Terminus
  
Talus

Length
  
2 mi (3.2 km)

Status
  
Retreating

Klickitat Glacier

Area
  
2.93 km (1.13 sq mi) in 2006

Klickitat Glacier is located on the east slopes of Mount Adams a stratovolcano in the U.S. state of Washington. Though within the Mount Adams Wilderness, the glacier is situated within the boundaries of the Yakama Indian Reservation. The glacier descends from approximately 12,000 ft (3,700 m) to a terminus near 7,200 ft (2,200 m) below which an old lateral moraine once was the northern margin of the glacier. Klickitat Glacier has been in a general state of retreat for over 100 years and lost 46 percent of its surface area between 1904 and 2006.

Map of Klickitat Glacier, Washington, USA

References

Klickitat Glacier Wikipedia