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Middle Palisade Glacier

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Type
  
Mountain glacier

Terminus
  
Talus

Length
  
.20 mi (0.32 km)

Status
  
Retreating

Middle Palisade Glacier

Location
  
Inyo National Forest, Inyo County, California, U.S.

Similar
  
Sierra Nevada, Middle Palisade, Palisade Glacier, Palisades, Palisade Crest

Middle Palisade Glacier consists of two glaciers in the Sierra Nevada mountains, in the U.S. state of California. Less than .25-mile (0.40 km) southeast of Norman Clyde Glacier and situated at an altitude of 12,700 feet (3,900 m), Middle Palisade Glacier is in the John Muir Wilderness of Inyo National Forest. 14,012-foot (4,271 m) Middle Palisade is immediately west of the glacier.

Map of Middle Palisade Glacier, California 93513, USA

References

Middle Palisade Glacier Wikipedia