Dana Glacier

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Dana Glacier
Mount Dana (right), the Dana Glacier (center) and Dana Lake (lower center) on Google Earth
Mount Dana (right), the Dana Glacier (center) and Dana Lake (lower center) on Google Earth
Type Mountain glacier
Location California, U.S.
Coordinates 37°54′02″N, 119°13′04″W
Terminus talus
Status retreating

The Dana Glacier is located inside a northwest facing cirque located east of the 13,061 feet (3,981 m) Mount Dana on the eastern border of Yosemite National Park, California.[1] It is very close to Tioga Pass and Highway 120. The glacier occupies the very steep, shaded western slope of the cirque at around 11,500 to 11,800 feet (3,500–3,600 m), although a part of it reaches up to 12,500 feet (3,800 m) (Dana Couloir). Repeat photography comparing images taken in 1883 with those from 2004 demonstrate that the glacier has retreated substantially in that period.[2]

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  1. ^ Mount Dana, USGS MOUNT DANA (CA) Topo Map. Topozone. Retrieved on 2007-01-23.
  2. ^ Basagic, Hassan; Andrew G. Fountain. Documenting Twentieth Century Glacier Change with Repeat Photography in the Sierra Nevada, California (pdf). Department of Geography, Portland State University. Retrieved on 2007-01-23.