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Lyman Glacier (North Cascades)

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Type
  
Mountain glacier

Terminus
  
Proglacial lake

Length
  
.25 mi (0.40 km)

Status
  
Retreating

Lyman Glacier (North Cascades)

Location
  
Chelan County, Washington, U.S.

Lyman Glacier is in Wenatchee National Forest in the U.S. state of Washington and is just northeast of Chiwawa Mountain. Between the years 1890 and 2008, Lyman Glacier has retreated 1,310 m (4,300 ft) and lost 86 percent of its area, a reduction in its surface from 1.41 to .02 km2 (0.5444 to 0.0077 sq mi). Lyman Glacier terminates at a proglacial lake and a series of smaller lakes as well as a pronounced terminal moraine indicate where the glacier once extended to.

Map of Lyman Glacier, Washington 98816, USA

References

Lyman Glacier (North Cascades) Wikipedia