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Pinnacle Glacier (Mount Adams)

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Type
  
Mountain glacier

Terminus
  
Talus

Length
  
1.2 mi (1.9 km)

Status
  
Retreating

Pinnacle Glacier (Mount Adams)

Area
  
1.41 km (0.54 sq mi) in 2006

Pinnacle Glacier is located on the west slopes of Mount Adams a stratovolcano in Gifford Pinchot National Forest in the U.S. state of Washington. The glacier descends from approximately 10,000 ft (3,000 m) to a terminus near 7,200 ft (2,200 m). Pinnacle Glacier lost 7 percent of its surface area between 1904 and 2006.

Map of Pinnacle Glacier, Washington, USA

References

Pinnacle Glacier (Mount Adams) Wikipedia


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